The Fugitive
1963
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Personal life. Douglas was married briefly to artist Rosalind Hightower, and they had one child, (Melvyn) Gregory Hesselberg, in 1926. Hesselberg, an artist, is the father of actress Illeana Douglas . In 1931, Douglas married actress-turned-politician Helen Gahagan.
Not only did the play run for 232 performances, but Douglas met the woman who would be his wife of nearly 50 years: his co-star, Helen Gahagan. They were married in 1931. The movies came a-calling in 1932 and Douglas had the unique pleasure of assaying completely different characters in widely divergent films.
- April 5, 1901
- August 4, 1981
Not only did the play run for 232 performances, but Douglas met the woman who would be his wife of nearly 50 years: his co-star, Helen Gahagan. They were married in 1931. The movies came a-calling in 1932 and Douglas had the unique pleasure of assaying completely different characters in widely divergent films.
- January 1, 1
- Macon, Georgia, USA
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
Melvyn Douglas, Ann Harding, and Clarence Muse in Prestige (1931)- Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, and Raymond Massey in The Old Dark House (1932)
- Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart, Melvyn Douglas, Lilian Bond, Raymond Massey, and Eva Moore in The Old Dark House (1932)
- Charles Laughton, Melvyn Douglas, and Lilian Bond in The Old Dark House (1932)
- Melvyn Douglas and Lilian Bond in The Old Dark House (1932)
- Gloria Stuart, Melvyn Douglas, and Lilian Bond in The Old Dark House (1932)
Scope and Content Note: Lehman Engel, renowned composer and conductor, discusses his friendship and collaboration with Melvyn Douglas and Douglas' wife, Helen Gahagan Douglas. Engel enumerates Melvyn Douglas' positive characteristics, including creativity, personal warmth, and lack of pretension.
Aug 3, 2007 · In Detroit Douglas married his first wife, Rosalind Hightower. The couple had a son, Gregory, but divorced soon after. In 1931, while performing in Tonight or Never with David Belasco’s theater company, he married his second wife, Helen Gahagan; their marriage lasted forty-nine years and produced two children.
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.
Helen Mary Gahagan Douglas (born Nov. 25, 1900, Boonton, N.J., U.S.—died June 28, 1980, New York, N.Y.) was an American actress and public official whose successful stage career was succeeded by an even more noteworthy period as a politician.
