Melvyn Douglas (1901 - 1981) ميلفين دوجلاس

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An American actor who was born in Macon, Georgia, USA on April 5, 1901. He won an Academy Award in 1964 and 1980, a Golden Laurel Award in 1964, an NBR Award in 1963, an Emmy Award in 1968, a LAFCA and NYFCC Award in 1979, a Golden Globe Award in 1980, and two stars on the Walk...Read more of Fame in 1960 for his work in television and film. He married twice and had a child. He is known for Ninotchka (1939), Hud (1963), Being There (1979), and The Changeling (1980). He was born to a Jewish immigrant father from Russia. He dropped out of high school because of his passion for art and his desire to become an actor. He worked on Broadway and achieved gradual success in 1928. He turned to cinema in 1932. He worked in drama and light comedy and was appointed director of the Arts Council in the Office of Civil Defense before joining the army in World War II. After the war he became politically active with his wife Helen who was elected to Congress in 1944, and they belonged to the anti-communist Left Party, which affected their artistic work for a long time. After his success in theater and cinema, he devoted himself to television work in 1950 until his death on August 4, 1981 in New York City, USA, affected by pneumonia and complications of heart disease.

- Nationality:
- US
- Date of Birth:
- 5 April 1901
- Died on:
- 4 August 1981

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Filmography

Actor (9)
- - - Ghost Story
    - 1981 - Movie
- - - Being There
    - 1979 - Movie
- - - I Never Sang for My Father
    - 1970 - Movie
- - - The Fugitive
    - 1963 - Series
- - - Hud
    - 1963 - Movie
- - - Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
    - 1948 - Movie
- - - Two-Faced Woman
    - 1941 - Movie
- - - Fast Company
    - 1938 - Movie
- - - Captains Courageous
    - 1937 - Movie

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An American actor who was born in Macon, Georgia, USA on April 5, 1901. He won an Academy Award in 1964 and 1980, a Golden Laurel Award in 1964, an NBR Award in 1963, an Emmy Award...Read more in 1968, a LAFCA and NYFCC Award in 1979, a Golden Globe Award in 1980, and two stars on the Walk of Fame in 1960 for his work in television and film. He married twice and had a child. He is known for Ninotchka (1939), Hud (1963), Being There (1979), and The Changeling (1980). He was born to a Jewish immigrant father from Russia. He dropped out of high school because of his passion for art and his desire to become an actor. He worked on Broadway and achieved gradual success in 1928. He turned to cinema in 1932. He worked in drama and light comedy and was appointed director of the Arts Council in the Office of Civil Defense before joining the army in World War II. After the war he became politically active with his wife Helen who was elected to Congress in 1944, and they belonged to the anti-communist Left Party, which affected their artistic work for a long time. After his success in theater and cinema, he devoted himself to television work in 1950 until his death on August 4, 1981 in New York City, USA, affected by pneumonia and complications of heart disease.