Adolphe Menjou

Known For
Acting

Popular
9.557

Birthday
1890-02-18

Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

  • Adolphe Jean Menjou
  • Adolph Menjou
  • Адольф Менжу

Adolphe Menjou

Biography

Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

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