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Melvyn Douglas

1901-1981 US, Macon, Georgia
Spoken Word, Classical and Soundtrack
A.k.a. Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg

Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg (April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981), better known as Melvyn Douglas, was an American actor.Douglas came to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the 1939 romantic comedy Ninotchka with Greta Garbo. Douglas later took mature and fatherly roles 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).

     
Genres
  • Spoken Word
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
Popular Tracks   
Ninotchka on Garbo! - Scenes From Her Original Motion Picture Soundtracks by Greta Garbo
Music in the House / It's Not Irish / The Liffey Waltz on Juno by Various Artists
Ninotchka on The Outstanding Greta Garbo by Greta Garbo
We Can Be Proud / Daarlin' Man on Juno by Various Artists
You Poor Thing on Juno by Various Artists
Old Sayin's on Juno by Various Artists
What is the Stars on Juno by Various Artists
On a Day Like This on Juno by Various Artists

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Juno (Original Broadway Cast)Shirley Booth, Melvyn Douglas2002Album
Sounds Of Freedom: Patrick Henry To William Jennings BryanMelvyn Douglas, Vincent Price, Ed Begley, Carl Sandburg1958Album
Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait (And Lincoln's Gettysburg Address)Aaron Copland, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, Melvyn Douglas1946Album
This Is The U.N. Its Actual Voices, Volume II 1950-1955Melvyn DouglasAlbum
JunoMarc Blitzstein, Shirley Booth, Melvyn DouglasAlbum
Lincoln PortraitBoston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, Melvyn DouglasAlbum
Image of History - 20 years of the CIOMelvyn Douglas, Joe GlazerAlbum
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