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Melvyn Douglas was an American actor who had a long career in film, television, and theater spanning much of the 20th century. He is remembered as a distinguished performer who worked across multiple entertainment mediums during Hollywood's golden age and beyond.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Great American speeches
- The waltz of the toreadors
- Two blind mice
- Time out for Ginger
- Spofford
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Film & TV
Acting · Macon, Georgia, USA
Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg; April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the 1939 romantic comedy Ninotchka with Greta Garbo. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Academy Award–winning performances in Hud (1963) and Being There (1979)…
Known for
- Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo — Self (archive footage)2014
- Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To — (archive footage)1990
- The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind — Self (archive footage)1988
- The Hot Touch — Max Reich1982
- Ghost Story — Dr. John Jaffrey1981
- The Changeling — Senator Carmichael1980
- Tell Me a Riddle — David1980
- Being There — Benjamin Rand1979
- The Seduction of Joe Tynan — Senator Birney1979
- The Making of a President1978
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1901
- Active to
- 1981
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26
- Total plays
- 47
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using
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· 2015 · cited 73,407x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
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- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,890x
- Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses
· 2003 · cited 51,828x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 23,238x
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Key facts
- Born
- Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg , ( 1901-04-05 ) April 5, 1901, Macon, Georgia , U.S.
- Died
- August 4, 1981 (1981-08-04) (aged 80), New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1926–1981
- Spouses
- Rosalind Hightower ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1930 ) Helen Gahagan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1931 ; died 1980 )
- Relatives
- Illeana Douglas (granddaughter)
- Branch
- United States Army
- Rank
- Major
- Conflicts
- World War I , World War II
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Douglas-portrait.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1901-04-05
- date of death
- 1981-08-04
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- Melvyn Douglas
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- Melvyn Douglas
- start of work period
- 1927-00-00
- birth name
- Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
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Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor, whose stage and screen careers spanned from the late 1920s until the early 1980s. He was one of 24 performers to win the Triple Crown of Acting - winning two Academy Awards (both in the Best Supporting Actor category), a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award.
He came to prominence in 1929 as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the romantic comedy Ninotchka (1939) with Greta Garbo, and appeared in many films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Oscar-winning performances in Hud (1963) and Being There (1979) and his Oscar–nominated performance in I Never Sang for My Father (1970). He won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Gore Vidal's play The Best Man (1960).