Adolphe Menjou

Birthday: 2/18/1890
Deathday: 10/29/1963
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Adolphe Jean Menjou, Adolph Menjou, Адольф Менжу

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]