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Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou
Born: Feb 18, 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died: Oct 29, 1963 in Beverly Hills, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: teens-'50s
Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: A Star Is Born, Stage Door, A Farewell to Arms
First Major Screen Credit: The Sheik (1921)
6 Videos for Adolphe Menjou
Paths of Glory (1957) State of the Union (1948) Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Bundle of Joy (1956) You Were Never Lovelier (1942) Morning Glory (1933)
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Biography:

Debonair and sophisticated, Adolphe Menjou was an impeccably-dressed lead actor with a waxed black mustache. At age 21 he moved to New York with no intention of becoming an actor; three years later he drifted into films as an extra, then got some larger roles before serving as a captain in the Ambulance Corps for three years in World War I.

Back in the U.S. Menjou returned to acting, playing supporting roles in a number of major productions. He became a star after playing the lead role in Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris (1923), which established his screen persona: a dapper, suave man of the world. He went on to play this role in more than 100 films, at first as a leading man and later as a character actor.

He made the transition to sound easily and received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his work in The Front Page (1931). He gained a reputation as one of the world's best-dressed men, a fact alluded to in the title of his autobiography, {-It Took Nine Tailors} (1948). Active in politically conservative causes, in 1944 Menjou became a co-founder of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals; later he was a friendly witness in the 1947 hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee.

From 1928-33 he was married to actress Kathryn Carver, and from 1934 on he was married to actress Verree Teasdale. ~ All Movie Guide.