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: Are these our goats, Grandfather? What are their names?
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: Swanli and Bearli.
Heidi: You don't look much like a swan, and you don't look anything like a bear, but I think you're a beautiful goat. I wonder if you give black milk.
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: You can milk Bearli.
Heidi: But I don't know how to milk a goat.
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: Then it's time you learned.


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!


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Jean Hersholt Facts
He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Motion Pictures at 6501 Hollywood Boulevard and for Radio at 6701 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

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

Ex-father-in-law of Osa Massen.

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