Melvin Douglas (talaffuzi: „Melvin Duglas“, 1901-yil 5-aprel — 1981-yil 4-avgust) amerikalik aktyor edi. Douglas 1930-yillarda xushmuomala yetakchi odam sifatida mashhur boʻlgan, ehtimol uning Greta Garbo bilan „Ninotchka“ (1939) romantik komediyasidagi ijrosi bilan ajralib turadi. Duglas keyinchalik „Hud“ (1963) va „Being There“ (1979) filmlarida Oskar mukofotiga sazovor boʻlgan va „I Never Sang for My Father“ (1970) filmida Oskar mukofotiga nomzod boʻlgan spektakllarida boʻlgani kabi, yetuk va otalik qahramonlarini oʻynadi. Douglas aktyorlik boʻyicha uchlik tojini qoʻlga kiritgan 24 ta ijrochidan biri edi. Hayotining soʻnggi bir necha yillarida Douglas arvohlar bilan bogʻliq gʻayritabiiy hikoyalar bilan filmlarda paydo boʻldi. Douglas 1980-yilda "The Changeling" filmida „senator Jozeph Carmichael“ va 1981 -yilda „Ghost Story“ filmida oʻzining yakuniy filmdagi rolida paydo boʻldi.

Melvyn Douglas
Tavalludi
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg

5-aprel 1901-yil
Macon, Georgia, A. Q. Sh.
Vafoti 4-avgust 1981-yil(1981-08-04)
(80 yoshda)
New York City, A. Q. Sh.
Fuqaroligi AQSh
Kasbi Aktyor
Faoliyat yillari 1927-1981
Turmush oʻrtogʻi
Rosalind Hightower
(turm. 1925; ajr. 1930)

Helen Gahagan
(turm. 1931; vafot 1980)
Bolalari 3
Otasi Edouard Gregory Hesselberg
Onasi Lena Priscilla Hesselberg

Yoshlik tahrir

Douglas Jorjiya shtatining Makon shahrida tugʻilgan, Lena Priskilla (qizalik ismi Shackelford) va konsert pianinochisi va bastakor Eduard Gregory Hesselbergning oʻgʻli. Uning otasi oʻsha paytda Rossiyaning bir qismi boʻlgan Latviyaning Riga shahridan yahudiy muhojir edi. Uning onasi, Tennessi shtatida tugʻilgan, protestant va Mayflower avlodi edi[1][2].

Karyera tahrir

 
With Greta Garbo Ninotchka filmida(1939)

Douglas oʻzining aktyorlik mahoratini Shekspir repertuarida oʻsmirlik davrida va Sioux-Siti, Iowa, Evansville, Indiana, Madison, Wisconsin va Detroit, Michigandagi aksiyadorlik kompaniyalarida rivojlantirdi. Birinchi jahon urushida Qoʻshma Shtatlar armiyasida xizmat qilgan. U Chikagoda ochiq teatr tashkil etdi. U 1930-yilda Brodveydagi „Tonight or Never“ filmidagi rolidan (boʻlajak rafiqasi Helen Gahagan qarshisida) oʻlimigacha davom etgan bosh oʻyinchi sifatida uzoq vaqt teatr, kino va televidenie karerasiga ega edi. Douglas 1932-yilda James Whalening sardonik dahshat klassikasi "The Old Dark House"da Boris Karloff va Charles Laughton bilan eng yaxshi kitoblarni oʻrtoqlashdi.

Shaxsiy hayot tahrir

Douglas qisqa vaqt ichida hpnanda Rosalind Hightowerga uylandi va ularning bir farzandi (Melvin) Gregory Hesselberg 1926-yilda tugʻildi. Hesselberg, rassom, aktrisa Illeana Duglasning otasi.

1931-yilda Douglas aktrisaga aylangan siyosatchi Helen Gahaganga uylandi. Oʻsha yili ular Yevropaga sayohat qilishdi va „fransuz va nemis antisemitizmidan dahshatga tushishdi“. Natijada ular ochiq-oydin antifashistlarga aylandilar.

Filmografiya tahrir

Yil Sarlavha Rol Eslatma
1931 Tonight or Never Jim Fletcher
1932 Prestige Captain Andre Verlaine
The Wiser Sex David Rolfe
The Broken Wing Philip 'Phil' Marvin
As You Desire Me Count Bruno Varelli
The Old Dark House Janob Penderel
1933 The Vampire Bat Karl Brettschneider
Nagana Doktor Walter Tradnor
Counsellor at Law Roy Darwin
1934 Dangerous Corner Charles Stanton
Woman in the Dark Tony Robson
1935 The Peopleʼs Enemy George R. „Traps“ Stuart
She Married Her Boss Richard Barclay
Mary Burns, Fugitive Barton Powell
Annie Oakley Jeff Hogarth
The Lone Wolf Returns Michael Lanyard
1936 And So They Were Married Stephen Blake
The Gorgeous Hussy John Randolph
Theodora Goes Wild Michael Grant
1937 Women of Glamour Richard „Dick“ Stark
Captains Courageous Frank Burton Cheyne
I Met Him in Paris George Potter
Angel Anthony „Tony“ Halton
I’ll Take Romance James Guthrie
1938 Arsène Lupin Returns Arsène Lupin
Thereʼs Always a Woman William Reardon
The Toy Wife George Sartoris
Fast Company Joel Sloane
That Certain Age Vincent Bullitt
The Shining Hour Henry Linden
Thereʼs That Woman Again William Reardon
1939 Tell No Tales Michael Cassidy
Good Girls Go to Paris Ronald Brooke
Ninotchka Count Léon d’Algout
The Amazing Janob Williams Police Lieutenant Kenny Williams
1940 Too Many Husbands Henry Lowndes
He Stayed for Breakfast Paul Boliet
Third Finger, Left Hand Jeff Thompson
This Thing Called Love Tice Collins
1941 That Uncertain Feeling Larry Baker
A Womanʼs Face Doktor Gustaf Segert
Our Wife Jerome „Jerry“ Marvin
Two-Faced Woman Larry Blake
1942 We Were Dancing Nicholas Eugen August Wolfgang „Nikki“ Prax
They All Kissed the Bride Michael „Mike“ Holmes
1943 Three Hearts for Julia Jeff Seabrook
1947 The Sea of Grass Brice Chamberlain
The Guilt of Janet Ames Smithfield „Smitty“ Cobb
1948 Janob Blandings Builds His Dream House Bill Cole
My Own True Love Clive Heath
1949 A Womanʼs Secret Luke Jordan
The Great Sinner Armand de Glasse
1951 My Forbidden Past Paul Beaurevel
On the Loose Frank Bradley
1962 Billy Budd The Dansker
1963 Hud Homer Bannon Academy Award
1964 Advance to the Rear Col. Claude Brackenbury
The Americanization of Emily Adm. William Jessup Nominatsiya — Laurel Award
1965 Rapture Frederick Larbaud
Once Upon a Tractor Martin Qisqa
1967 Hotel Warren Trent
1970 I Never Sang for My Father Tom Garrison New York Film Critics Circle Award
1972 One Is a Lonely Number Joseph Provo
The Candidate John J. McKay
1976 The Tenant Monsieur Zy
1977 Twilightʼs Last Gleaming Zachariah Guthrie
Intimate Strangers Donald’s father
1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan Senator Birney
Being There Benjamin Rand Academy Award
1980 The Changeling Senator Joe Carmichael Nominatsiya — Saturn Award
Tell Me a Riddle David
1981 The Hot Touch Max Reich
Ghost Story Doktor John Jaffrey yakuniy

Manbalar tahrir

  1. Nissenson, Hugh. „He Almost Made Garbo Laugh“. The New York Times (1987-yil 18-yanvar). Qaraldi: 2010-yil 12-may.
  2. „1“. ancestry.com. 2015-yil 12-fevralda asl nusxadan arxivlangan. Qaraldi: 2015-yil 16-avgust.