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Jean Hersholt was a Danish-American actor who starred in films, radio and TV. He is best known for playing Dr. Christian, a kindly doctor in a long-running radio series and its spin-offs.
Learn about the life and career of Jean Hersholt, a Danish-born Hollywood star who played villains, fathers, and doctors in silent and sound films. He also translated and promoted the works of Hans Christian Andersen, his favorite author.
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- Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Learn about the Oscar statuette awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes. See the list of recipients, from Y. Frank Freeman to Michael J. Fox, and the history of the award named after Jean Hersholt.
YearRecipientNationalityCanada USAThe Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry by promoting human welfare and contributing to rectifying inequities.
Jul 8, 2015 · This is an excerpt from Angelina Jolie’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award acceptance speech at The Academy’s 2013 Governors Awards.
Learn about the life and career of Jean Hersholt, a Danish-born actor who starred in silent and sound films, and received an honorary Oscar for his philanthropic work. Find out his roles in classics like "Greed", "Heidi", and "Dr. Christian", and his legacy in cinema history.
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Jean Pierre Hersholt (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956) was a Danish-born actor who lived in the United States, where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi.
