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Birth Name: Fernand Maurice Noël Mertens
Born: 25 December 1905 Died: 2 November 1970
Country of origin: 
Belgium
Height: 5' 9"
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Jane Renouardt
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He had made four silent films in 1913 and 1914, but his first film of any importance was L'Amour Chante in 1930. In 1933, he made his first English language film, Bitter Sweet, which would become more famous in its 1940 incarnation with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
In 1937, after several other French and British films, Gravet became the focus of an extravagant Hollywood publicity campaign, instructing moviegoers to pronounce his name properly: "Rhymes with 'Gravy'".
The roles offered to him were rather standard and he was cast in the same type Louis Jourdan would be cast in the 50's and 60's. The first t
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1. How to Steal a Million (1966)
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2. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
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3. La ronde
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5. The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
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2. Cinépanorama
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3. Discorama (1957)
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