Adolphe Menjou
| Adolphe Menjou | |
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from the film A Star Is Born (1937).
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| Born |
Adolphe Jean Menjou February 18, 1890 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | October 29, 1963 (aged 73) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Hepatitis |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1914–1960 |
| Spouse(s) |
Katherine Conn Tinsley (m. 1920–27) Kathryn Carver (m. 1928–34) Verree Teasdale (m. 1934–63) |
| Relatives | Henri Menjou (brother) |
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 Charles Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, in which 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. He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931.
Menjou was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to a French father, Albert Menjou (1858-1917), and an Irish mother from Galway, Nora (née Joyce) (1869-1953). He had a brother named Henry Arthur Menjou (1891-1956) who was a year younger. He was raised Roman Catholic, attended the Culver Military Academy, and graduated from Cornell University with a degree in engineering. Attracted to the vaudeville stage, he made his movie debut in 1916 in The Blue Envelope Mystery. During World War I, he served as a captain in the United States Army ambulance service. He trained in Pennsylvania before going overseas.
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