Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou
Menjou in 1938
Born
Adolphe Jean Menjou

(1890-02-18)February 18, 1890
DiedOctober 29, 1963(1963-10-29) (aged 73)
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
OccupationActor
Years active1914–1960
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Katherine Conn Tinsley
(m. 1920; div. 1927)
(m. 1928; div. 1934)
(m. 1934)
Children1

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.[1]

  1. ^ Obituary Variety, October 30, 1963, page 71.

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