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Melvyn Douglas
(1901-1981)
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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 romantic comedy Ninotchka (1939) with Greta Garbo. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Academy Award–winning performances in Hud (1963) and Being There (1979) and his Academy Award–nominated performance in I Never Sang for My Father (1970). Douglas was one of 24 performers to win the Triple Crown of Acting. In the last few years of his life Douglas appeared in films with supernatural stories involving ghosts. Douglas appeared as "Senator Joseph Carmichael" in The Changeling in 1980 and Ghost Story in 1981 in his final completed film role.

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Born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
5 April 1901
Macon, Georgia, USA
Died
4 August 1981 (aged 80)
New York City, New York, USA
Zodiac Aries
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    Melvyn Gregory info 1st child with Rosalind Hightower Male b. 28 Jan 1926 Age: 99 1926- Celebrity Baby
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    Peter info 2nd child with Helen Gahagan Male b. 1933 Age: 92 1933- Celebrity Baby
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