Melvyn Douglas
Actor
Birth Date: April 5, 1901
Death Date: August 4, 1981 — 80 years old
Birth Place: Macon, Georgia
Grandchildren: Illeana Douglas
Broadway star, in Hollywood from 1931. Often played the suave sophisticate in pursuit of a beautiful woman, as in Ernst Lubitsch's classic "Ninotchka" (1939) opposite Greta Garbo. Douglas began appearing in supporting roles in the early 1960s and turned in an award-winning performance in "Hud" (1963).
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![ARSENE LUPIN RETURNS, Warren William, Virginia Bruce, Melvyn Douglas, 1938 [photo by Clarence Bull]](https://media.baselineresearch.com/images/357181/357181_full.jpg)
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