André Charlot

Biography

Eugène André Maurice Charlot was a French-born impresario known for staging musical revues in London's West End from 1912 to 1937. He successfully imported and adapted the Parisian genre of intimate revue, spotting talent for performers like Jack Buchanan, Noël Coward, and Gertrude Lawrence. Charlot later worked as a character actor in American films, leaving behind an important mark on the early careers of many notable performers.