1957Winner
Best Performance
Paths of Glory
Adolphe Menjou
Actor · Producer
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
February 18, 1890
Biography
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. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1960Nominee
Best Performance
Pollyanna
1930Nominee
Best Performance
Morocco
Career Highlights
1937Highlight
Best Performance
A Star Is Born
1952Highlight
Best Performance
The Sniper