Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
's ''
The Paradine Case
''The Paradine Case'' is a 1947 American film noir courtroom drama film, set in England, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by David O. Selznick. The screenplay was written by Selznick and an uncredited Ben Hecht, from an adaptation by Al ...
'' (1947), ''
Letter from an Unknown Woman'' (1948), ''
Gigi'' (1958), ''
The Best of Everything'' (1959), ''
The V.I.P.s'' (1963) and ''
Octopussy
''Octopussy'' is a 1983 spy film and the thirteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth to star Roger Moore as the MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by John Glen and the screenplay was written by G ...
'' (1983). He played
Dracula in the 1977 BBC television production ''
Count Dracula
Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by som ...
''.
Early life
Jourdan was born Louis Robert Gendre in
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
, France, in 1921,
one of three sons of Yvonne (née Jourdan) and Henry Gendre, a hotel owner.
[Louis Jourdan profile](_blank)
FilmReference.com; accessed June 5, 2014. He was educated in France, Turkey, and the UK, and studied acting at the École Dramatique. While there, he began acting on the professional stage, where he was brought to the attention of director
Marc Allégret, who hired him to work as an assistant camera operator on ''Entrée des Artistes'' (''The Curtain Rises'').
[Louis Jourdan – 20s and 30s](_blank)
Louisjourdan.net, accessed January 26, 2014.
Allegret then cast Jourdan in what should have been his first movie, ''
Le Corsaire'' in 1939 opposite
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer (; 28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in American fi ...
. Filming was interrupted by the Second World War and was never resumed.
World War II
Jourdan was too young for army service and was hired by
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued unti ...
to appear in ''
La Comédie du bonheur'' (1940) in Rome. He was making ''
Untel Père et Fils
''The Heart of a Nation'' (french: Untel père et fils) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier who co-wrote screenplay with Marcel Achard and Charles Spaak. The film stars Raimu, Michèle Morgan and Louis Jouvet.
Plot
The fi ...
'' in that city when Italy declared war on France.
He returned to France, and appeared in ''
Premier rendez-vous
''Premier rendez-vous'' (US title: ''Her First Affair'') is a 1941 French comedy film starring Danielle Darrieux. It was directed by Henri Decoin, who co-wrote the screenplay with Michel Duran. During the German occupation, the film was made by ...
'' (1941) with
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (; 1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress of stage, television and film, as well as a singer and dancer.
Beginning in 1931, she appeared in more than 110 films. She was one of France's g ...
, shot in Paris. He spent a year on a work gang.
Jourdan was ordered to make German propaganda films, which he refused to do, and fled to join his family in unoccupied France.
There he started making movies again, ten films in two years.
They included several for Allegret: ''
Parade en sept nuits
''Parade en sept nuits'' is a 1941 French film.
Plot
In a dog pound, one of the dog tells stories about his former life, including adventures in a circus.
Production
Production commenced in 1940 at Francoeur Studios in Paris, but was interrupted ...
'' (1941); ''
L'Arlésienne'' (1942) with
Raimu
Jules Auguste Muraire (18 December 1883 – 20 September 1946), whose stage name was Raimu, was a French actor. He is most famous for playing César in the 'Marseilles trilogy' ('' Marius'', '' Fanny'' and '' César'').
Life and career
Born in T ...
, ''
The Beautiful Adventure'' (1942); ''
Les Petites du quai aux fleurs
''Les Petites du quai aux fleurs'' is a French film.
Plot
A bookshop owner has four daughters who have romantic troubles.
References
External linksat louisjourdan.net''Les Petites du quai aux fleurs''at IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Int ...
'' (1944); ''
Twilight
Twilight is light produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, when the Sun is below the horizon, which illuminates the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface. The word twilight can also refer to the periods of time when this il ...
'' (1944). He was in ''
The Heart of a Nation
''The Heart of a Nation'' (french: Untel père et fils) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier who co-wrote screenplay with Marcel Achard and Charles Spaak. The film stars Raimu, Michèle Morgan and Louis Jouvet.
Plot
The film f ...
'' (1943) with Raimu; ''
La Vie de Bohème
''Scenes of Bohemian Life'' (original French title: ''Scènes de la vie de bohème'') is a work by Henri Murger, published in 1851. Although it is commonly called a novel, it does not follow standard novel form. Rather, it is a collection of lo ...
'' (1945).
His father was arrested by the
Gestapo
The (), abbreviated Gestapo (; ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.
The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one organi ...
; months later he escaped, and joined the
French Resistance
The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...
, along with his family.
"I was given work to do and I did it", said Jourdan later of his time in the resistance. "I worked on illegal leaflets, helping to print and distribute them."
After the
liberation of France
The liberation of France in the Second World War was accomplished through diplomacy, politics and the combined military efforts of the Allied Powers of World War II, Allied Powers, Free French forces in London and Africa, as well as the French R ...
in 1945, he returned to Paris with his childhood sweetheart, Berthe Frédérique (nicknamed "Quique"). They married in 1946.
Hollywood career
David O. Selznick
Cited by author James McKay as the "epitome of the suave Continental", Jourdan was spotted in a French film by a talent scout working for
David O. Selznick, who offered the actor a contract in March 1946.
His first American film was ''
The Paradine Case
''The Paradine Case'' is a 1947 American film noir courtroom drama film, set in England, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by David O. Selznick. The screenplay was written by Selznick and an uncredited Ben Hecht, from an adaptation by Al ...
'' (1947) starring
Gregory Peck. The movie is a drama directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
, who did not want Jourdan cast as the valet in the film. He appeared in a theatre production of ''Ghosts'' in Los Angeles.
Jourdan frequently argued with Selznick, who put him on suspension a number of times for refusing roles.
Selznick announced Jourdan and
Alida Valli
Alida Maria Laura, '' Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, ...
for ''
Rupert of Hentzau
''Rupert of Hentzau'' is a sequel by Anthony Hope to ''The Prisoner of Zenda'', written in 1895 but not published in book form until 1898.
The novel was serialized in '' The Pall Mall Magazine'' and '' McClure's Magazine'' from December 1897 t ...
'' but the film was not made. Neither was ''Trilby'' which Selznick said Jourdan would appear in with Valli and
Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 – 24 December 1994) was an Italian actor.
Biography
Brazzi was born in Bologna, Italy, the son of Maria Ghedini and Adelmo Brazzi, an employee of the Rizzoli shoe factory. He was named after Rossano Ve ...
or ''If This Be My Heart'' with Valli and
Robert Mitchum
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor. He rose to prominence with an Academy Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor for ''The Story of G.I. Joe'' (1945), followed by his starring in ...
.
With
Joan Fontaine
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the "Golden Age". Fontaine appeared ...
, Jourdan starred in the
Max Ophüls
Maximillian Oppenheimer (; 6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls (; ), was a German-French film director who worked in Germany (1931–1933), France (1933–1940 and 1950–1957), and the United States (1947–1950). He made near ...
film ''
Letter from an Unknown Woman'' (1948).
David Thomson in 2010 observed how his performance as Stefan Brand altered as the character aged over the extended period of the film's narrative: "I notice how his way of talking has changed. The younger Stefan was boyish, eager and open. Ten years later, the man is filled with self-loathing and fake ironies." It was a "signature performance" from Jourdan, Thomson wrote in ''Have You Seen?'', he was "handsome yet a touch empty; romantic yet not entirely there."
John Houseman, the film's producer, "felt he lacked sex appeal, but that shortcoming serves very well as his defect of memory," a significant element of the film's plot. In Hollywood, Jourdan became friends with several stars who shared his love of the game of croquet.
Enterprise borrowed him for ''
No Minor Vices
''No Minor Vices'' is a 1948 American black-and-white comedy film written by Arnold Manoff and directed by Lewis Milestone with Robert Aldrich as 1st assistant director. Created for David Loew's Enterprise Productions, it was the first of three ...
'' (1948), a box office flop. It was released by MGM, who borrowed Jourdan to appear in ''
Madame Bovary
''Madame Bovary'' (; ), originally published as ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' ( ), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emp ...
'' (1949).
Selznick announced him for ''The Frenchman and the Bobbysoxer'' a sequel to ''
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
''The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'' (released as ''Bachelor Knight'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American screwball romantic comedy-drama film directed by Irving Reis and written by Sidney Sheldon. The film stars Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, a ...
'' but it was not made. Selznick sold his interest in Jourdan for one film to Warner Bros.
All Jourdan's Hollywood films had lost money. He decided to buy out his contract with Selznick for $50,000.
Post-Selznick
At 20th Century Fox, Jourdan played the lead in a remake of ''
Bird of Paradise'' (1951). The studio kept him on to appear in ''
Anne of the Indies
''Anne of the Indies'' is a 1951 Technicolor adventure film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by George Jessel.
The film stars Jean Peters and Louis Jourdan, with Debra Paget, Herbert Marshall, Thom ...
'' (1951), directed by
Jacques Tourneur
Jacques Tourneur (; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French film director known for the classic film noir ''Out of the Past'' and a series of low-budget horror films he made for RKO Studios, including ''Cat People (1942 film), Cat ...
. He was announced for the romantic male lead in the Fox remake of ''
Les Miserables'' but ended up not appearing in the film.
He was in a comedy, ''
The Happy Time
''The Happy Time'' is a 1952 American comedy-drama film directed by the award-winning director Richard Fleischer, based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Robert Fontaine, which Samuel A. Taylor turned into a hit play. A boy, played by Bobb ...
'' (1952). He was reunited with Joan Fontaine for ''
Decameron Nights
''Decameron Nights'' is a 1953 anthology Technicolor film based on three tales from ''The Decameron'' by Giovanni Boccaccio, specifically the ninth and tenth tales of the second day and the ninth tale of the third. It stars Joan Fontaine and, a ...
'' (1953) then returned home to France to make ''
Rue de l'Estrapade'' (1953).
![Felicia Montealegre Louis Jourdan 1955](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Felicia_Montealegre_Louis_Jourdan_1955.JPG)
After appearing in ''
Three Coins in the Fountain'' (1954), Jourdan made his
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
début in the lead role in the
Billy Rose
Billy Rose (born William Samuel Rosenberg; September 6, 1899 – February 10, 1966) was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. For years both before and after World War II, Billy Rose was a major force in entertainment, with sh ...
stage adaptation of
André Gide
André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1947). Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the Symbolism (arts), symbolist movement, to the advent o ...
's novel, ''
The Immoralist
''The Immoralist'' (french: L'Immoraliste) is a novel by André Gide, published in France in 1902.
Plot
''The Immoralist'' is a recollection of events that Michel narrates to his three visiting friends. One of those friends solicits job search ...
''.
He returned to
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
for a short run in 1955, and also that year he made his American TV début as Inspector Beaumont in the TV series ''
Paris Precinct''. In 1956, he appeared in the film ''
The Swan
A swan is a bird of the genus ''Cygnus'' (true swans) or ''Coscoroba'' (coscoroba swans).
Swan, swans, or The Swan may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Film and television
* ''The Swan'' (1925 film), a 1925 silent film
* ''The Swa ...
'' playing the role of "Dr Nicholas Agi" along with
Grace Kelly
Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956.
Kelly ...
and
Sir Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing comedies, including ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (194 ...
for MGM. This was Kelly's last film, and lost money at the box office. More popular was ''
Julie
Julie may refer to:
* Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Film and television
* ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day
* ''Julie'' (1975 film), a Hindi film by K. S. Sethumadhava ...
'' (1956) a thriller where Jourdan tormented
Doris Day.
He returned to France to play the male lead in ''
The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful
''The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful'' (French: ''La mariée est trop belle'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan. It was also known by the alternative title ...
'' (1956) with
Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot ( ; ; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., is a former French actress, singer and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated characters with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the ...
as the lead actress, and ''
Escapade'' (1957). In Britain he appeared in a swashbuckler, ''
Dangerous Exile
''Dangerous Exile'' is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Richard O'Sullivan. It concerns the fate of Louis XVII, who died in 1795 as a boy, yet was pop ...
'' (1957).
Jourdan appeared in his biggest hit playing the romantic lead alongside
Leslie Caron
Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (; born 1 July 1931) is a French-American actress and dancer. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. She is one ...
and
Maurice Chevalier in the film version of the
novella
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts ...
by
Colette
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her ...
, ''
Gigi'' (1958). This film won nine
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
, including
Best Picture
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
. He enjoyed another hit with ''
The Best of Everything'' (1959), an all star romance in the vein of ''Three Coins in the Fountain''. He also appeared in a variety show on TV, ''An Evening with Louis Jourdan''.
Jourdan was going to follow it in a remake of ''
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' in England for
Terence Fisher
Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a British film director best known for his work for Hammer Films.
He was the first to bring gothic horror alive in full colour, and the sexual overtones and explicit horror in his films, ...
. "It's a terrific change of pace for me," he said. However he did not appear in the final film, ''
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
''The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll'' is a 1960 British horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions. It was directed by Terence Fisher, and stars Paul Massie as Dr. Jekyll, and co-stars Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee and David Kossoff. The scree ...
''.
Jourdan co-starred with
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular ...
, Chevalier and
Shirley MacLaine in the musical ''
Can-Can'' (1960). He travelled to Italy to appear in a
peplum film
Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pepla plural), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or Biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget H ...
, ''
Amazons of Rome
''Amazons of Rome'' ( it, Le vergini di Roma) is a 1961 ''peplum'' film. During production, tensions brewed between Louis Jourdan and director Vittorio Cottafavi which led to Cottafavi being replaced with Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.
Plot
The newl ...
'' (1961). Then it was back to France to star in a version of ''
The Count of Monte Cristo
''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers''. Li ...
'' (1961), a massive hit in France. ''
Disorder
Disorder may refer to randomness, non-order, or no intelligible pattern.
Disorder may also refer to:
Healthcare
* Disorder (medicine), a functional abnormality or disturbance
* Mental disorder or psychological disorder, a psychological pattern a ...
'' (1962) was an Italian-French comedy, ''
Mathias Sandorf
''Mathias Sandorf'' is an 1885 adventure book by French writer Jules Verne. It was first serialized in ''Le Temps'' in 1885, and it was Verne's epic Mediterranean adventure. It employs many of the devices that had served well in his earlier novel ...
'' (1963) was based on a novel by Jules Verne.
For MGM, he made ''
The V.I.P.s'' (1963), another all star melodrama, and a big hit.
Jourdan also sang in the Alan Jay Lerner/Barton Lane stage musical, ''
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' is a musical with music by Burton Lane and a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner based loosely on ''Berkeley Square'', written in 1926 by John L. Balderston. It concerns a woman who has ESP and has been re ...
'' (1965), at least during its out-of-town tryout at the Colonial Theatre in Boston. He was replaced as leading man by
John Cullum
John Cullum (born circa 1930) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in many stage musicals and dramas, including '' Shenandoah'' (1975) and ''On the Twentieth Century'' (1978), winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Mus ...
before the show reached Broadway.
He supported
Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish–American actress, singer, and dancer. As an actress and singer, she is credited as Ann-Margret.
She is known for her roles in '' Pocketful of Miracles'' (1961), ''State Fair'' (1962), '' ...
in ''
Made in Paris
''Made in Paris'' is a 1966 American romantic comedy film starring Louis Jourdan, Ann-Margret, Richard Crenna, Edie Adams, and Chad Everett. The film was written by Stanley Roberts and directed by Boris Sagal.
Plot
A redheaded American girl fr ...
'' (1966) for MGM, then returned to Europe: ''
The Sultans'' (1967), ''
To Commit a Murder
''To Commit a Murder'' (France: ''Peau d'espion'') is a 1967 French neo-noir spy film starring Louis Jourdan. It was one of a series of thrillers directed by Edouard Molinaro in the 1960s.Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-emin ...
'' (1967). ''
To Die in Paris'' (1968) was a US TV movie and ''
A Flea in Her Ear
''A Flea in Her Ear'' (french: La Puce à l'oreille) is a play by Georges Feydeau written in 1907, at the height of the Belle Époque. The author called it a vaudeville, but in Anglophone countries, where it is the most popular of Feydeau's play ...
'' (1968) a Hollywood financed farce.
There were more TV movies: ''
Fear No Evil'' (1969), ''
Run a Crooked Mile
''Run a Crooked Mile'' is a 1969 British made-for-television thriller film starring Louis Jourdan as Richard Stuart, an ordinary schoolteacher who, whilst on holiday, is a witness to a murder in a private secluded mansion.
When he reports this ho ...
'' (1970), ''
Ritual of Evil
''Ritual of Evil'' is a 1970 American made-for-television drama horror film directed by Robert Day and starring Louis Jourdan. It was made as a sequel to '' Fear No Evil'' (1969), which also starred Louis Jourdan as Dr. Sorrell.
Plot
Psychiatri ...
'' (1970), ''
The Great American Beauty Contest'' (1973). In later years, Jourdan also appeared on television, including 1977's ''
Count Dracula
Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by som ...
'' for the
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'' episode "Murder Under Glass".
''. He said at the time he earned most of his money over the past ten years doing commercials:
(1875–1961). His last film role was eight years later in ''
'' (1992).
On Jourdan married his childhood sweetheart, Berthe Frédérique. The marriage produced one child, Louis Henry Jourdan, born on 6 October 1951, and lasted until her death in 2014.
Louis Henry Jourdan died of a narcotics overdose at the age of 29 on 12 May 1981;
in Los Angeles.
After his retirement from acting in 1992 Jourdan lived in Los Angeles. In July 2010 he was made a
.
at 6153 and 6445 Hollywood Boulevard.
on 14 February 2015 at the age of 93.
in Los Angeles.
)
*''Tonight in Samarkand'' – Morosco Theater, New York (16 February 1955 – 12 March 1955; with
'' – John Drew Theater, East Hampton, New York (July 1979)
*''12 Rue de l'Amour'' – Melbourne and Sydney Australia (July–August 1980; with