Actor info
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Name :
Adolphe Menjou
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Born :
February 18, 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (73 years at death)
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Died :
October 29, 1963
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
137 films (1916–1972)
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Also known as :
Adolphe Jean Menjou, Adolph Menjou, Адольф Менжу
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Biography
Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Notable films
- Pollyanna (1960) as Mr. Pendergast
- Paths of Glory (1957) as Gen. George Broulard
- Across the Wide Missouri (1951) as Pierre
- A Star Is Born (1937) as Oliver Niles
- Morocco (1930) as Monsieur La Bessiere
