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| Born | Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg April 5, 1901 Macon, Georgia |
| Died | August 4, 1981 (aged 80) New York City, New York |
| Spouse(s) | Rosalind Hightower Helen Gahagan |
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg (April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981), better known as Melvyn Douglas, was an American actor. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Macon is a city located in central Georgia, USA It is among the largest metropolitan areas in Georgia and the county seat of Bibb County. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The City of New York Helen Gahagan ( November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and (under the name Helen Gahagan Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 He won all three of the entertainment industry's highest awards, two Oscars, one Tony and an Emmy. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented
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Biography
Early life
Douglas was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of Lena Priscilla (née Shackelford), a Protestant Tennessee-born Mayflower descendant, and Edouard Gregory Hesselberg, a Jewish concert pianist and composer from Riga, Latvia. Macon is a city located in central Georgia, USA It is among the largest metropolitan areas in Georgia and the county seat of Bibb County. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The Mayflower was the famous Ship that transported the English Separatists better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton, England PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Riga (Rīga riːga) the Capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of the river Daugava. [1][2] Though his father taught music at a succession of colleges in the U. S. and Canada, Douglas never graduated from high school. Douglas's stage surname was the surname of his maternal grandmother.
Career
Douglas developed his acting skills with stock companies in Sioux City, Iowa; Evansville, Indiana; Madison, Wisconsin, and Detroit, Michigan. Sioux City (ˌsuːˈsɪti is a city located in northwest Iowa in the United States. Evansville (ˈɛvənzˌvɪl is the third-largest city in the U Madison is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin and the County seat of Dane County. He had a long theatre, film and television career as a lead player, stretching from his 1930 Broadway role opposite his future wife, Helen Gahagan, in Tonight or Never until just before his death. Helen Gahagan ( November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and (under the name Helen Gahagan He was the hero in the 1932 horror film The Vampire Bat and the sophisticated leading man in 1935's She Married Her Boss. The Vampire Bat is a 1933 Horror movie starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas and Dwight Frye She Married Her Boss is a 1935 film directed by Gregory La Cava, and starring Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas. He played opposite Joan Crawford in several films, most notably: A Woman's Face (1941) and with Greta Garbo in three films: As You Desire Me (1932), Ninotchka (1939) and Garbo's final film Two-Faced Woman (1941). Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture A Woman's Face is a 1941 Motion picture directed by George Cukor, and starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas and Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's Ninotchka is a 1939 American film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta Two-Faced Woman ( 1941) is a romantic comedy film made by MGM.
During World War II, Douglas served first as a director of the Arts Council in the Office of Civilian Defense, and then in the United States Army. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Office of Civilian Defense was a United States federal emergency war agency set up May 20, 1941 by Executive Order 8757 to co-ordinate state The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. He returned to more mature roles as in The Sea of Grass and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. The Sea of Grass is a 1936 Novel by Conrad Richter. It is set in New Mexico in the late 19th century and concerns the clash between rich Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American Comedy film directed by H As Douglas grew older, he took on the older-man and father roles, in such movies as The Americanization of Emily, Hud, The Candidate and I Never Sang for My Father, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 American comedy-drama War film directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Paddy For other meanings of Hud see HUD Hud is a 1963 film which tells the story of a self-centered modern-day Cowboy The Candidate is an American film released in 1972, starring Robert Redford. I Never Sang for My Father is a 1970 American Film which tells the story of a College Professor who wants to get out from under the Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize In 1959 he made his musical debut playing Captain Boyle in the ill-fated Marc Blitzstein musical Juno, based on Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock. Marc Blitzstein ( March 2, 1905 &ndash January 22, 1964) was an American Composer. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Juno is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Marc Blitzstein and book by Joseph Stein, based closely on the 1924 play Seán O'Casey ( Irish Seán Ó Cathasaigh (30 March 1880 &ndash 18 September 1964 was a major Irish dramatist and Memoirist A committed irish Juno and the Paycock is a play by Sean O'Casey, the second of his well-known "Dublin Trilogy" and one of the most highly regarded and oft-performed
In the summer of 1959, Douglas hosted eleven original episodes of a CBS Western anthology television series called Frontier Justice, a production of Dick Powell's Four Star Television. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19 A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Frontier Justice is a CBS Television Western Anthology series which had thirty-one telecasts over the summers of 1958 Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell ( November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American Singer, Actor, Four Star Television, also called Four Star Films, Four Star Productions, and Four Star International, was an American Television production
In addition to his Academy Awards (see below), Douglas won a Tony for his Broadway lead role in the 1960 The Best Man by Gore Vidal, and an Emmy for his 1967 role in Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night. The Best Man ( 1964) is a film based on the Broadway play of the same name both of which are written by Gore Vidal. Gore Vidal (born October 3 1925 ˌgɔər vɪˈdɑːl or /vɪˈdæl/ is an American Novelist, Screenwriter, Playwright, Do not go gentle into that good night, a Villanelle composed in 1951 is considered to be among the finest works by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953 Douglas' final screen appearance was in The Hot Touch (1982). Douglas has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for movies at 6423 Hollywood Blvd. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that and one for television at 6601 Hollywood Blvd.
Personal life
Douglas was married briefly to Rosalind Hightower and they had a son: Gregory Hesselberg (1920). In 1931 Douglas married actress-turned-politician Helen Gahagan. Helen Gahagan ( November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and (under the name Helen Gahagan As a three-term Congresswoman, she was Richard Nixon's opponent for the United States Senate seat from California in 1950. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
Nixon accused Gahagan of being a Communist because of her opposition to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The House Committee on Un-American Activities ( HUAC or HCUA 1938–1975 was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. Nixon went so far as to call her "pink right down to her underwear". It was Gahagan who gave Nixon his epithet "Tricky Dick. " Douglas and Gahagan had two children: Peter Gahagan Douglas (1933) and Mary Helen Douglas (1938). The couple remained married for many years to come until Helen Gahagan Douglas' death in 1980 from cancer. Melvyn Douglas died a year later, in 1981, in New York City,
Film and television actress Illeana Douglas is Douglas's granddaughter by his son, Gregory Hesselberg. The City of New York Illeana Douglas (born July 25 1965 is an Emmy award -nominated American actress
Academy Awards and nominations
- 1980 - Won - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Being There
- 1971 - Nominated - Best Actor in a Leading Role - I Never Sang for My Father
- 1964 - Won - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Hud
Partial Filmography
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Further reading
- Douglas, Melvyn; Tom Arthur (1986). Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosiński. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize I Never Sang for My Father is a 1970 American Film which tells the story of a College Professor who wants to get out from under the For other meanings of Hud see HUD Hud is a 1963 film which tells the story of a self-centered modern-day Cowboy Tonight or Never ( 1931) is a Comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Gloria Swanson and featuring Boris Karloff The Wiser Sex is a 1932 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Berthold Viertel and Victor Viertel, and starring Claudette The Old Dark House is a Horror film directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff, produced just one year after their success with The Vampire Bat is a 1933 Horror movie starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas and Dwight Frye She Married Her Boss is a 1935 film directed by Gregory La Cava, and starring Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas. Annie Oakley is a 1935 Biographical film about the life of Annie Oakley. Theodora Goes Wild ( is a comedy film which tells the story of a small town incensed by a risqué novel little knowing that it was written under a Pseudonym by Captains Courageous is a 1937 MGM Film, based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling. I Met Him in Paris is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Angel is a 1937 comedy drama film made by Paramount Pictures. The Shining Hour is a 1938 MGM film based on a 1934 play by Keith Winter. Ninotchka is a 1939 American film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta That Uncertain Feeling is a 1941 Comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas and A Woman's Face is a 1941 Motion picture directed by George Cukor, and starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas and Two-Faced Woman ( 1941) is a romantic comedy film made by MGM. They All Kissed the Bride ( 1942) is a Columbia Pictures Feature film starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American Comedy film directed by H A Woman's Secret is a 1949 Film noir. It was based on the novel Mortgage on Life by Vicki Baum. For other meanings of Hud see HUD Hud is a 1963 film which tells the story of a self-centered modern-day Cowboy Advance to the Rear is a light-hearted western Comedy film set in the American Civil War. The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 American comedy-drama War film directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Paddy Hotel is a 1967 Film adaptation of the novel Hotel written by Arthur Hailey. Companions in Nightmare is a 1968 crime / Drama film. it had early roles for Louis Gossett Jr I Never Sang for My Father is a 1970 American Film which tells the story of a College Professor who wants to get out from under the The Candidate is an American film released in 1972, starring Robert Redford. The Tenant (French Le Locataire) is a 1976 Psychological thriller / horror film directed by Roman Polanski based upon the 1964 novel The Seduction of Joe Tynan is a 1979 political film drama made by Universal Pictures, directed by Jerry Schatzberg and produced by Martin Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosiński. Tell Me a Riddle is a 1980 American Drama film directed by Lee Grant. Ghost Story is a Feature film based on the book of the same name by Peter Straub. See You At The Movies : The Autobiography of Melvyn Douglas. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. ISBN 0819153907.
References
External links
- Melvyn Douglas at the Internet Movie Database
- Melvyn Douglas at the TCM Movie Database
- Melvyn Douglas at the Internet Broadway Database
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| NAME | Douglas, Melvyn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hesselberg, Melvyn Edouard |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1901-4-5 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Macon, Georgia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1981-8-4 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | New York City, New York |
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