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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Melvyn_DouglasMelvyn Douglas - Wikipedia

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   Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas 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 .

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4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0002048Melvyn Douglas - IMDb

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   IMDb profile of Melvyn Douglas, a two-time Oscar-winning actor who starred in classic films such as Ninotchka, Hud and Being There. Learn about his life, career, politics and family.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Macon, Georgia, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: New York City, New York, USA

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   Learn about the life and career of Melvyn Douglas, a two-time Oscar-winning actor who starred in films such as Ninotchka, Hud and I Never Sang for My Father. Find out his birth name, height, political views, Broadway roles and more.

   • Birth Date: April 5, 1901

   • Death Date: August 4, 1981

6. www.nytimes.com › 1981/08/05 › obituariesMELVYN DOUGLAS DEAD; ACTOR, 80, WON 2 OSCARS

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   Aug 5, 1981 · Mr. Douglas was born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg on April 5, 1901, in Macon, Ga. His father, Edouard Hesselberg, was a Russian-born concert pianist, and his mother, the former Lena Shackelford, was ...

7. www.themoviedb.org › person › 19550-melvyn-douglasMelvyn Douglas — The Movie Database (TMDB)

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   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.

8. immortalephemera.com › 35267 › melvyn-douglasMelvyn Douglas – Biography of the Two-Time Oscar Winner

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   Apr 5, 2013 · Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg was born April 5, 1901 in Macon, Georgia. His father was a Russian-Jewish immigrant and his mother a Protestant from Kentucky whose American lineage traced back to the Mayflower. When Broadway called it was decided that Melvyn Douglas, Douglas being his maternal grandmother's name, fit the marquee better than Hesselberg.

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   Did Melvyn Douglas go to high school?

   • Though his father, a prominent concert pianist, taught music at a succession of colleges in the U.S. and Canada, Douglas never graduated from high school. He took the surname of his maternal grandmother and became known as Melvyn Douglas.

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   Who is Melvyn Douglas?

   • He took the surname of his maternal grandmother and became known as Melvyn Douglas. Douglas developed his acting skills in Shakespearean repertory while in his teens and with stock companies in Sioux City, Iowa, Evansville, Indiana, Madison, Wisconsin and Detroit, Michigan. He served in the United States Army in World War I.

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   How did Melvyn Douglas die?

   • Melvyn Douglas, a debonair performer in scores of popular movie romantic comedies of the 1930's and 40's, who later became a forceful character actor and winner of two Academy Awards, died yesterday of pneumonia complicated by a heart ailment in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital. He was 80 years old.

   MELVYN DOUGLAS DEAD; ACTOR, 80, WON 2 OSCARS

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   Who are Melvyn Douglas parents?

   • Born in Georgia, Douglas first experienced the spotlight when his parents entered him in baby shows throughout the state. Melvyn Douglas was born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg on April 5, 1901, in Macon. His father, Edouard Hesselberg, was a musician who emigrated from Russia to the United States, where he met Douglas’s mother, Lena Shakelford.

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10. www.georgiaencyclopedia.org › articles › artsMelvyn Douglas - New Georgia Encyclopedia

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    Aug 3, 2007 · Learn about the life and career of Melvyn Douglas, an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony award–winning actor who was born in Macon, Georgia. He starred in films such as Ninotchka, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, and Being There, and was married to Helen Gahagan Douglas.