Adolphe Menjou facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Adolphe Menjou
Menjou in A Star Is Born (1937)
Born	Adolphe Jean Menjou (1890-02-18)February 18, 1890 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 29, 1963(1963-10-29) (aged 73) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1914–1960
Spouse(s)	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.

Menjou with second wife, actress Kathryn Carver, in 1928.

Images for kids

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  Menjou in The Spanish Dancer (1923)

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  Menjou in A Star Is Born (1937)

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  Trailer for Stage Door (1937)