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Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Jean Menjou was an accomplished American actor born on February 18, 1890, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Menjou had an illustrious career that bridged both silent films and talkies. His list of appearances covers an impressive range of films including standout roles in Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, 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. Notably, he was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931.
Menjou's early life included a Catholic upbringing and graduation from Cornell University with a degree in engineering. He made his movie debut in 1916 in The Blue Envelope Mystery and served as a captain in the US Army Ambulance Service during World War I. His career gradually climbed through the ranks, beginning with small roles and seeping into prominent films. Despite a downturn following the 1929 stock market crash, Menjou continued with MGM, his fluency in French and Spanish proving key at times. Although his leading roles declined, he remained a strong supporting presence on screen. His ultimate roles included the film noir The Sniper (1952), Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957), and his final film role, the town curmudgeon in Disney's Pollyanna (1960).
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Adolphe Jean Menjou
Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: February 18, 1890
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1914-1960
Children: 1
Spouses: Katherine Conn Tinsley, Kathryn Carver, Verree Teasdale
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Awards and Nominations Received by Adolphe Menjou
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Movies Featuring Adolphe Menjou
The Front Page
A Star Is Born
Bundle of Joy
Pollyanna
Little Miss Marker
Manhattan Madness
The Habit of Happiness
I’ll Be Yours
The Easiest Way
Across the Wide Missouri
Father Takes a Wife
Heartbeat
Step Lively
The Circus Queen Murder
You Were Never Lovelier
Turnabout
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Prestige
My Dream Is Yours
New Moon
Roxie Hart
The Circus: Premiere
Man on a Tightrope
The Night Club Lady
We’re switching to Hollywood
Open All Night
Sweet Rosie O’Grady
State of the Union
Mr. District Attorney
The Marriage Circle
Gold Diggers of 1935
The Great Lover
The Ambassador’s Daughter
The Three Musketeers
Friends and Lovers
Dancing in the Dark
The Sheik
The Milky Way
One in a Million
The Spanish Dancer
Road Show
A Farewell to Arms
Morning Glory
Forbidden
Letter of Introduction
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Golden Boy
Stage Door
The Bachelor’s Daughters
Morocco
The Hucksters
Bachelor’s Affairs
Hi Diddle Diddle
A Gentleman of Paris
A Bill of Divorcement
Are Parents People?
Men Call It Love
To Please a Lady
Through The Back Door
The Housekeeper’s Daughter
Easy to Love
Café Metropole
I Married a Woman
The Tall Target
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Man Alive
Sing, Baby, Sing
The Goldwyn Follies
The Sorrows of Satan
Broadway Gondolier
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Forbidden Paradise
Career Timeline
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1932
Prestige
Capt. Remy Bandoin
The Night Club Lady
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
A Farewell to Arms
Major Rinaldi
Forbidden
Robert Grover
Bachelor’s Affairs
Andrew Hoyt
1931
The Front Page
The Easiest Way
William Brockton
We’re switching to Hollywood
Self
The Great Lover
Paurel
Friends and Lovers
Captain Geoffrey Roberts
Men Call It Love
Tony
1924
Open All Night
Edmund Durverne
The Marriage Circle
Professor Josef Stock
Forbidden Paradise
Chancellor
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