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Melvyn Douglas

1901 - 1981

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Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in 1929 as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the romantic comedy Ninotchka (1939) 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). Douglas was one of 24 performers to win the Triple Crown of Acting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melvyn Douglas is the 1,357th most popular actor (up from 1,555th in 2019), the 2,537th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,608th in 2019) and the 666th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Melvyn Douglas ranks 1,357 out of 13,578. Before him are George Sanders, Mandy Patinkin, Vahide Perçin, Dharmendra, Basil Rathbone, and Rakhee Gulzar. After him are Lyudmila Gurchenko, James Remar, Rosanna Arquette, Gong Yoo, Leif Erickson, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

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Among people born in 1901, Melvyn Douglas ranks 86. Before him are Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Yang Kaihui, Ödön von Horváth, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, and Hendrik Verwoerd. After him are Nicola Abbagnano, Ub Iwerks, Ludolf von Alvensleben, Eric Voegelin, Marino Marini, and Hermann Priess. Among people deceased in 1981, Melvyn Douglas ranks 55. Before him are Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Bill Shankly, Rómulo Betancourt, Gyula Lóránt, Mao Dun, and Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa. After him are Josep Pla, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Heinz Kohut, Mike Hailwood, Giuseppe Pella, and Lotte Reiniger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melvyn Douglas ranks 2,537 out of 20,380. Before him are Mandy Patinkin (1952), Johnston McCulley (1883), Steven Soderbergh (1963), Justin Francis Rigali (1935), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), and Eric Carr (1950). After him are James Remar (1953), Lucian Pulvermacher (1918), Rosanna Arquette (1959), Jack Vance (1916), Tex Avery (1908), and Leif Erickson (1911).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Melvyn Douglas ranks 666. Before him are Eleanor Parker (1922), Ashley Judd (1968), James Tolkan (1931), Sean Hayes (1970), David Strathairn (1949), and Mandy Patinkin (1952). After him are James Remar (1953), Rosanna Arquette (1959), Leif Erickson (1911), Laura Linney (1964), Tina Aumont (1946), and Mimi Rogers (1956).

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