Died 1981-08-04.
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Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas was an American actor, whose stage and screen careers spanned from the late 1920s until the early 1980s. He was one of 24 performers to win the Triple Crown of Acting – winning two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award.
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entertainment · American actor (1901–1981) · television actor · film actor · stage actor · actor · also Melvyn Douglas, Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, Douglas
Born 5 April 1901 · Died 4 August 1981 · Q312084
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1981· 2 entries
Aged 80, from pneumonia and cardiac complications in New York City at Sloan Kettering Hospital
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Being There (1980).
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for CBS Playhouse (1968).
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Hud (1964).
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (1960).
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1950· 1 entry
“it is more likely to rise first in California than in any other state.”
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1931· 1 entry
Douglas married actress Helen Gahagan
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1929· 1 entry
As a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the romantic comedy Ninotchka (1939) with Greta Garbo, and appeared in many films during the Golden Age of Hollywood
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1926· 1 entry
Douglas, as Hesselberg, was married briefly to artist Rosalind Hightower, and they had one child, (Melvyn) Gregory Hesselberg, in 1926.
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1901· 1 entry
Born 1901-04-05.
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