Melvyn Douglas

Acting

Born: 1901-04-05
Died: 1981-08-04
From: Macon, Georgia, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.9

Also Known As

Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg

Biography

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 1939 romantic comedy Ninotchka 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). 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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Awards & Nominations5 won · 3 nominated

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Being There

1980
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Being There

1980
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

I Never Sang for My Father

1971
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

CBS Playhouse

1968
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Hud

1964
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Hud

1964
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

1960
🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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