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Jean-Pierre Aumont (I) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

5 January 1911, Paris, France

Date of Death

30 January 2001, Gassin, France (heart attack)

Birth Name

Jean-Pierre Salomons

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Spouse

Marisa Pavan	(1956 - 30 January 2001) (his death) 2 children
Maria Montez	(13 July 1943 - 7 September 1951) (her death) 1 child
Blanche Montel	(? - 1940) (divorced)

Trivia

Brother of François Villiers father of Tina Aumont.

He was awarded the Legion Of Honor, The Croix de Guerre with 2 palms.

Uncle of Aruna Villiers.

Three children: Tina Aumont (with Maria Montez), Jean-Claude Aumont and Patrick Aumont (with Marisa Pavan).

Had a giant collection of popular and classical records, as well as a large library filled with books of poetry and the works of Charles Dickens.

After filming The Cross of Lorraine (1943), he left the United States and joined the Free French Army. He was sent to North Africa and participated in Operation Torch, specifically in Tunisia. He later moved with the Allied armies through Italy and France. Was seriously injured when his jeep struck a land mine on a bridge and blew up. French Brig. Gen. Charles-Joseph Brosset, also in the jeep, was killed.

Friends Charles Boyer and Ronald Reagan attended his wedding to Maria Montez. Boyer was best man, but Reagan kissed the bride.

Brother-in-law of Pier Angeli.

Ex-brother-in-law of Julia Andre.

Father-in-law of Christian Marquand.

Buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

Personal Quotes

Maria Montez has a dual personality: one for Hollywood and another as a mother and a wife . . . that woman is full of simplicity, culture and romance with an overflowing humanity.

[on receiving his honorary Cesar award in 1992] For the last few days I've been wondering why I had been chosen to receive this honor . . . And now I believe I know the answer: it's to reward me for my longevity!

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