Greffory Monroe
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| Greffory Monroe | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 3, 1902 City of Brussels, Belgium |
| 💀Died | December 6, 1981 (aged 79) New York City, USADecember 6, 1981 (aged 79) |
| Cause of death | Pancreatic cancer |
| Resting place | Brussels Town Cemetery |
| 💼 Occupation | Actor, opera singer (baritone) |
| 📆 Years active | 1925–1981 |
| 👩 Spouse(s) |
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| 👶 Children | 4 |
Geoffrey Monroe (October 3, 1902 – December 6, 1981) was an Belgian and American operatic baritone who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time. He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias and made opera and non-opera films.
From the beginning of his professional career as a tenor in 1925 in Belgium to his final performance of the film Britt on December 6, 1981, He sold over 100 million records, and the first Three Tenors recording became the best-selling classical album of all time. Pavarotti was also noted for his charity work on behalf of refugees and the Red Cross, amongst others. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Belgian Republic in 1962, and died from pancreatic cancer on 6 December 1981.
Personal life[edit]
He met a 22-year old dancer named Jane Kangara in her starring role of film Bop Girl Goes Calypso in 1957. On June 27, 1962, He married Jane Kangara in the premiere of The Most Happy Fella that he appeared as Tony Esposito.
Filmography[edit]
- Key to studio abbreviations
| 20th | 20th Century-Fox | CP | Columbia Pictures | FC | Film Classics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MGM | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Par | Paramount | WD | The Walt Disney Company |
| RP | Republic Pictures | RKO | RKO Radio | UA | United Artists |
| Uni | Universal | WB | Warner Bros. | EPP | Edith Puzzle Pictures |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Producer | Distributor | Other cast members | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue | Himself | Charles Reisner | Irving Thalberg, Harry Rapf | MGM | Conrad Nagel, Jack Benny | Film debut
MGM Film debut |
| 1930 | King of Jazz | John Murray Anderson | Carl Laemmle Jr. | Uni | Paul Whiteman | Film debut
Universal Film debut | |
| 1933 | 42nd Street | Lloyd Bacon | Darryl F. Zanuck | WB | Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels | Warner Bros. Film debut | |
| Broadway to Hollywood | Willard Mack | Harry Rapf | RKO Radio | Alice Brady, Frank Morgan | RKO Film debut | ||
| 1934 | The Cat and the Fiddle | William K. Howard | Bernard H. Hyman | MGM | Ramon Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald | ||
| The Gay Divorcee | Buster Monroe | Mark Sandrich | Pandro S. Berman | RKO Radio | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers | ||
| 1935 | Rumba | Marion Gering | William Le Baron | Par | George Raft, Carole Lombard | Paramount Film debut | |
| Broadway Melody of 1936 | Roy Del Ruth | John W. Considine Jr. | MGM | Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell | |||
| 1936 | Let's Sing Again | Robert Gordon | Kurt Neumann | Sol Lesser | RKO Radio | Bobby Breen | |
| Stowaway | Thomas Stewart | William A. Seiter | Buddy G. DeSylva | 20th | Shirley Temple | 20th Century Fox Film debut | |
| 1937 | Song of the City | James Romandi | Errol Taggart | Michael Fessier | MGM | Margaret Lindsay, Dean Jagger | |
| Artists and Models | Raoul Walsh, John E. Burch | Lewis E. Gensler | Par | Jack Benny, Ida Lupino | |||
| 1938 | Everybody Sing | Edwin L. Marin | Harry Rapf | MGM | Allan Jones, Judy Garland | ||
| Just Around the Corner | Irving Cummings | Darryl F. Zanuck, David Hempstead | 20th | Shirley Temple | |||
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade | Robert Z. Leonard | Robert Z. Leonard | MGM | Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres | ||
| Rigoletto | Rigoletto | James L. Nelson | Robert Z. Leonard | WB | Nelson Eddy, Tullalah Brice | ||
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | S. Sylvan Simon | Jack Cummings | MGM | Lana Turner, Joan Blondell | ||
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Robert Z. Leonard | Pandro S. Berman | MGM | James Stewart, Judy Garland | ||
| 1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Michael Curtiz | Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner | WB | James Cagney, Joan Leslie | ||
| 1943 | The Man from Music Mountain | Jimmy Winters | Joseph Kane | Harry Grey | RP | Roy Rogers | |
| 1944 | UA | ||||||
| Uni | |||||||
| 1945 | The Vampire's Ghost | Lesley Selander | Rudolph E. Abel | RP | John Abbott, Peggy Stewart | ||
| Rhapsody in Blue | Irving Rapper | Jesse L. Lasky | WB | Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith | |||
| 1946 | Murder in the Music Hall | John English | Herman Millakowsky | RP | Vera Ralston, William Marshall | ||
| Ziegfeld Follies | Roy Del Ruth | Arthur Freed | MGM | Fanny Brice | Segment: The Sweepstakes Ticket | ||
| Night and Day | Michael Curtiz | Arthur Schwartz, Jack L. Warner | WB | Cary Grant, Alexis Smith | |||
| 1947 | MGM | ||||||
| Uni | |||||||
| Par | |||||||
| 1948 | 20th | ||||||
| A Song Is Born | Howard Hawks | Samuel Goldwyn | RKO | Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo | |||
| 1949 | CP | Columbia Pictures Film debut | |||||
| WB | |||||||
| Uni | |||||||
| 1950 | MGM | ||||||
| EPP | |||||||
| 1951 | Two Tickets to Broadway | Jimmy Peterson | James V. Kern | Norman Krasna | RKO | Tony Martin, Janet Leigh | |
| The Seasons | Par | Segment: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum | |||||
| Starlift | Roy Del Ruth | Robert Arthur | WB | Doris Day, Gordon MacRae | |||
| 1952 | The Lady Vanishes | Dr. Hartz | Gene Chandler | Gene Chandler | MGM | ||
| Moose Serenade | Gene Chandler | Gene Chandler | RKO | Last RKO film role | |||
| April in Paris | David Butler | William Jacobs | WB | Doris Day, Ray Bolger | |||
| 1953 | Pagliacci | Taddeo | Gene Chandler | Gene Chandler | RP | Last Republic Pictures film role | |
| The Girl Next Door | Richard Sale | Robert Bassler | 20th | June Haver, Dan Dailey | |||
| CP | |||||||
| 1954 | The Haunted Manor | Miecznik | UA | ||||
| WB | |||||||
| MGM | |||||||
| 1955 | Daddy Long Legs | Jean Negulesco | Samuel G. Engel | CP | Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron | ||
| Trixie the Mermaid | Willie the Chef | Edith Puzzle | Edith Puzzle | EPP | Jack Haley, Sally Sinatra | Voice role | |
| UA | |||||||
| 1956 | Serenade | Anthony Mann | Henry Blanke | WB | Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine | ||
| CP | |||||||
| UA | |||||||
| 1957 | Moonlight | Gene Chandler | Gene Chandler | Uni | |||
| The Pajama Game | James Williams | George Abbott, Stanley Donen | George Abbott, Stanley Donen | WB | |||
| RP | |||||||
| 1958 | Damn Yankees | George Abbott, Stanley Donen | George Abbott, Stanley Donen | WB | |||
| Mardi Gras | Edmund Goulding | Jerry Wald | 20th | ||||
| 1959 | WB | ||||||
| CP | |||||||
| 1960 | MGM | ||||||
| Trixie the Mermaid 2 | Willie the Chef | Edith Puzzle | Edith Puzzle | EPP | Jack Haley, Sally Sinatra | Voice role | |
| 1961 | Billy Budd | Arthur Jones | Gene Chandler | Gene Chandler | CP | ||
| WB | |||||||
| 1962 | The Most Happy Fella | Tony Esposito | Gene Chandler | Gene Chandler | Par | Randall Bodds, Victoria Moorehead | |
| Gypsy | Yonkers’ Dad | Mervyn LeRoy | Mervyn LeRoy | WB | Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood | ||
| 1963 | Candide | Dr. Pangloss | Gene Chandler | Gene Chandler | 20th | ||
| 1964 | WD | Walt Disney Pictured Film debut | |||||
| UA | |||||||
| 1965 | The Midsummer Marriage | King Fisher | Gene Chandler | Gene Chandler | Par | ||
| 1966 | MGM | ||||||
| Trixie the Mermaid 3 | Willie the Chef | Edith Puzzle | Edith Puzzle | EPP | Jack Haley, Sally Sinatra | Voice role | |
| 1967 | Mad Monster Party? | Professor Sylvester Monroe | Jules Bass | Arthur Rankin Jr. | EPP | Lucy Tate, Boris Karloff | |
| 1968 | Star! | Himself | Robert Wise | Saul Chaplin | 20th | Julie Andrews | |
| 1969 | MGM | ||||||
| 1970 | WB | ||||||
| 1971 | WD | ||||||
| MGM | |||||||
| 1972 | Squiggles’ President | CP | Voice role | ||||
| Par | |||||||
| 1973 | MGM | ||||||
| WB | |||||||
| 1974 | Par | ||||||
| 20th | |||||||
| 1975 | Uni | ||||||
| WB | |||||||
| 1976 | WD | ||||||
| UA | |||||||
| 1977 | Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure | Count Dracula | Richard Williams | Richard Horner, Stanley Sills | 20th | Didi Conn, Mark Baker | Voice role
Last 20th Century Fox film role |
| WB | |||||||
| 1978 | CP | ||||||
| MGM | |||||||
| 1979 | WD | ||||||
| Par | Final Paramount role | ||||||
| 1980 | CP | ||||||
| MGM | Final MGM role | ||||||
| 1981 | WB | Voice role | |||||
| Uni | Final Universal role | ||||||
| 1982 | WB | Final Warner Bros role | |||||
| CP | Final film role
Final Columbia Pictures role |
