Michel Legrand
Born in Bécon-les-Bruyères, Paris, France — Feb 24 1932• Died Jan 26 2019
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Michel Jean Legrand (24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written more than 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968),…
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ABC Afterschool Special
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
The Oscars
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Numéro un
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Victoires de la musique
Self
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
30 millions d'amis
Self
40 Carats
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Système 2
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
May December
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Never Say Never Again
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Cléo from 5 to 7
Bob, the Pianist
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
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Love at First Sight
Directing
Once Upon a Time... Life
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The Three Musketeers
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Once Upon a Time… Man
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The Thomas Crown Affair
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Un film et son époque
Self
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)
The Swimming Pool
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Summer of '42
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Le Mans
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Band of Outsiders
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Yentl
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Prêt-à-Porter
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Ice Station Zebra
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Wuthering Heights
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Donkey Skin
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Once Upon a Time... The Explorers
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Lovers Like Us
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Once Upon a Time... The Americas
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Razzia
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The Young Girls of Rochefort
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The Hunter
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The Other Side of Midnight
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Breezy
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Madeline
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Castle Keep
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The Seven Deadly Sins
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Once Upon a Time… Space
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Le Temps de vivre... Le Temps d'aimer
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Best Friends
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Bequest to the Nation
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Vivre Sa Vie
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The Happy Ending
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Lola
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The Pickle
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Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers
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La Chinoise
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Love Lasts Three Years
Self
Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth
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The Go-Between
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Atlantic City
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The Beaches of Agnès
Self (archive footage)
Brian's Song
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Too Many Lovers
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Eva
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The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
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Disco
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The Other Side of the Wind
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The Ring
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Casanova
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The Oldest Profession
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The Phoenix
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A Woman Is a Woman
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A Time for Loving
Grondin
F for Fake
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Bolero
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Switching Channels
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The Outside Man
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La La La
Self - Music Composer
Hell Train
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Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
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Behind the Screen
Self
The Mountain Men
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Cavalcade
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Lady Sings the Blues
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Lady Oscar
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Funny Money
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The World of Jacques Demy
Self
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
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Bankers Also Have Souls
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The Gentleman from Epsom
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The Counterfeiters of Paris
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Slapstick of Another Kind
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The Tricyclist
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The Spy Who Went Into Hell
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Les Miserables
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Eternity
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The Married Couple of the Year Two
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Maigret Sees Red
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Pretty Polly
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The Jesse Owens Story
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Promises to Keep
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The Door Slams
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Agent 38-24-36
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The Picasso Summer
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Quincy Jones | Music Man
Self (archive footage)
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
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Fiancés on the Bridge
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A Woman Called Golda
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As Summers Die
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Gulliver's Travels
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Mountain of Diamonds
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Falling in Love Again
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Palace
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Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
Self
Going and Coming Back
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Lust
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
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Season's Beatings
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A Love in Germany
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Three Seats for the 26th
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A Little Sun in Cold Water
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L'Envie
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A Hatful of Rain
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One Is a Lonely Number
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Our Time
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A Matter of Resistance
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The Guardians
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Amber Wings
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Play Dirty
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Dingo
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The Price of Fame
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Gable and Lombard
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Cops and Robbers
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The Old Maid
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Impossible Object
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Love is a Ball
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It's Good to Be Alive
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How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
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A Slightly Pregnant Man
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Oscar and the Lady in Pink
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Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Self
Lovers' Net
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Paroles et musique
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Un coupable
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La Gourmandise
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The Man in the Buick
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Ode to Billy Joe
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Spiral
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The Jeweller's Shop
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Bay of Angels
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Melancholia
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Touch and Go
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America as Seen by a Frenchman
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Portnoy's Complaint
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Sweet November
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The Button
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Ann-Margret Smith
Self
Cage Without a Key
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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
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Sinners of Paris
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La Colère
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Die Schelme von Schelm
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Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Self
Illuminations
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Hearth Fires
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Callas Assoluta
Self (archive footage)
1999 A.D.
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Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
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The Adventures Of Don Quixote
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Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black
Give Me Liberty
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Pieces of Dreams
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Parking
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Secret Places
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Her Last Christmas
Conductor (uncredited)
The Lovely Month of May
Sound
The Young Girls Turn 25
Self
Carnaval
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A Doll's House
Sound
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
Self - Composer
The Hostage Gang
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Le Grand Escroc
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Deadly Lessons
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Roads to the South
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It Means That Much to Me
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The Lovers of the France
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The Young Girls of Rochefort
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La Décharge
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The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen
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Gaspard and Robinson
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Flight from Paradise
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La Paresse
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Five Days in June
Directing
The French Game
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Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles
Self (archive footage)
Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Self
Revenge of the Humanoids
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Playtime in Paris
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Not Dumb, the Bird
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Jack of Spades
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Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Self
J'ai perdu Albert
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The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
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To Catch a Pebble
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Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
Self
One Can Say It Without Getting Angry
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Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Self
Zoom the White Dolphin
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From a Distant Gaze
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The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora
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La chanson 'Lola'
Self
La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur
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Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
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Visages de Paris
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L'Amérique lunaire
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L’Or et le plomb
Musician
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
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Michel Legrand, enchanted music
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Jours de mes années
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Le cinéma de Michel Legrand
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Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
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Michel Legrand and the Cinema
Musician
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee