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Adolphe Menjou
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Menjou in A Star Is Born (1937)
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Adolphe Jean Menjou
February 18, 1890 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| Died | October 29, 1963 (aged 73) |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1914–1960 |
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Katherine Conn Tinsley
(m. 1920; div. 1927) Kathryn Carver
(m. 1928; div. 1934) Verree Teasdale (m. 1934; his death) |
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.