Jean Pierre Aumont
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At the time of his death, various obituaries listed his birthyear as either 1909 or 1911.
He was awarded the Legion of Honor.
Biography
Handsome, romantic Continental lead for over five decades. Aumont began his career on the French stage, scoring a triumph in Cocteau's "La Machine Infernale" (1934). He entered film in France in the early 1930s and, after fighting with the Free French Army and earning both the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre, made his Hollywood debut in "Assignment in Brittany" (1943). Aumont has alternated between stage and film and US and international productions. His most representative roles came as the suave, philandering magician, Marco the Magnificent, in "Lili" (1953) and as an aging matinee idol in Truffaut's valentine to filmmaking, "Day For Night" (1973). Married to actresses Blanche Montel, Maria Montez and--twice--Marisa Pavan, he is also the brother of director Francois Villiers and father of actress Tina Aumont.
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1930
Debut on French stage
1931
Film acting debut in "Echec et mat"
1934
Won acclaim in stage production of Cocteau's play, "La Machine Infernale"
1939
Joined the French Tank Corps; won the Croix de Guerre; medically discharged (1941)
1941
Enlisted with the Free French Army and fought in Tunisia, Italy and France; wounded and earned Legion of Honor
1942
Went to Hollywood
1943
US film debut, "Assignment in Brittany"
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At the time of his death, various obituaries listed his birthyear as either 1909 or 1911.
He was awarded the Legion of Honor.
Received the Croix de Guerre.
