Jean-Pierre Aumont's father was from a Dutch Jewish family; his mother's family were French Jews.
14 Facts About Jean-Pierre Aumont
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At age 16 Jean-Pierre Aumont began studying drama at the Paris Conservatory, where his mother had studied.
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Jean-Pierre Aumont remained in France until 1942, when he realized that as a Jew he would have to flee the Nazis.
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Jean-Pierre Aumont migrated from the unoccupied zone of Vichy France to New York City, then to Hollywood to pursue his film career.
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Jean-Pierre Aumont began working for MGM, but after finishing The Cross of Lorraine, he joined the Free French Forces.
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Jean-Pierre Aumont was sent to North Africa, where he participated in Operation Torch in Tunisia.
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Jean-Pierre Aumont then moved with the Allied armies through Italy and France.
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General Diego Brosset, commander of the 1st Free French Division, to whom Jean-Pierre Aumont was aide de camp, was killed.
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Jean-Pierre Aumont worked with a number of prominent directors and stars, including his wife Maria Montez.
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Jean-Pierre Aumont was known as the Queen of Technicolor, and their marriage was very happy.
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Montez and Jean-Pierre Aumont had one child, a daughter, Tina.
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In 1955, Jean-Pierre Aumont was dating Grace Kelly at the time she first met Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
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The couple starred in one film together, John Paul Jones, in which Pavan played the romantic interest of the lead, while Jean-Pierre Aumont appears as King Louis XVI.
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Jean-Pierre Aumont died in 2001 of a heart attack in Gassin, France, aged 90, and was cremated.