
Michel Legrand
Sound
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Acting Credits
2
Directed
Biography
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 W...
Known For
Filmography

Quincy Jones, Music Man
2025
as Self (archive footage)

Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
2024
as Self

Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black
2024

Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau
2022
as Self

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
2021
as self

A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
2018
as Self - Composer

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018
as Self

La La La
2018
as Self - Music Composer

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018
as Self

Love Lasts Three Years
2011
as Self

Michel Legrand and the Cinema
2011
as Musician

The Beaches of Agnès
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2008
as Self

La chanson 'Lola'
2008
as Self

Callas Assoluta
2007
as Self (archive footage)

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006
as Self

Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)

Un film et son époque
2003
as Self

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

The World of Jacques Demy
1995
as Self

The Young Girls Turn 25
1993
as Self

Nulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self

Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self

Victoires de la musique
1985
as Self

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self - Main Guest

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self

Cérémonie des César
1976
as Self - Presenter

Cérémonie des César
1976
as Self - Host

Ann-Margret Smith
1975
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Numéro un
1975
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

A Time for Loving
1972
as Grondin

ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self - Main Guest
Samedi soir
1971
as Self

L’Or et le plomb
1966
as Musician

Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort
1966
as Self
Behind the Screen
1966
as Self

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964
as Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

Cléo from 5 to 7
1962
as Bob, the Pianist

Discorama
1959
as Self

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Her Last Christmas
1952
as Conductor (uncredited)