Jean Hersholt Overview:

Actor, Jean Hersholt, was born on Jul 12, 1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hersholt died at the age of 69 on Jun 2, 1956 in Hollywood, CA and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Cemetery in Glendale, CA.

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He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Motion Pictures and Radio. Jean Hersholt's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #46 on Oct 11, 1938. However he won two Honorary Awards in 1948 and 1949 for distinguished service to the motion picture industry .

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"The Battle of the Sexes" 1928

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"The Battle of the Sexes" (1928) is a silent romantic comedy starring , Phyllis Haver, Belle Bennett, Sally O' Neil, and Don Alvarado. Directed by pioneer filmmaker D. W. Griffith and based on the novel by Daniel Carson Goodman, this film is a "Jazz Age" sex farce. Phyllis Haver plays M... Read full article


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Jean Hersholt Quotes:

Heidi: May I go with Peter today? It may be the last time before the snows.
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: All right. All right. But be back early for your lessons.
Heidi: I will. Are you sure you can get along without me?
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: I'll try.


Marcus: There's no water... within a hundred miles o' here!
[the two men hopelessly stand by the dead mule in the middle of the desert]
Marcus: We... are... dead... men!


Mr. Sutter: [referring to the mysterious Puerto Rican swampland] You see, it isn't just ghosts you have to contend with but the suspicions of a dangerously ignorant people.


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Jean Hersholt Facts
President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1945-49.

Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, just outside the Great Mausoleum.

Ex-father-in-law of Osa Massen.

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