Born: 12-Jul-1886
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 2-Jun-1956
Location of death: Hollywood, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund

Namesake of the Motion Picture Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Wife: Via Andersen (m. 1914, one son)
Son: Allan

    Oscar (honorary) 1940 (shared)
    Oscar (honorary) 1950
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6501 Hollywood Blvd.

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Run for Cover (29-Apr-1955)
    Stage Door Canteen (24-Jun-1943) Himself
    Mr. Moto in Danger Island (7-Apr-1939)
    Alexander's Ragtime Band (24-May-1938)
    Happy Landing (23-Jan-1938)
    Heidi (15-Oct-1937)
    One in a Million (31-Dec-1936)
    Mark of the Vampire (28-Mar-1935)
    The Painted Veil (23-Nov-1934)
    Men in White (28-Mar-1934)
    The Cat and the Fiddle (16-Feb-1934)
    Dinner at Eight (29-Aug-1933)
    Flesh (8-Dec-1932)
    The Mask of Fu Manchu (5-Nov-1932)
    Skyscraper Souls (16-Jul-1932)
    Unashamed (2-Jul-1932)
    Night Court (23-Apr-1932)
    Grand Hotel (12-Apr-1932)
    Are You Listening? (26-Mar-1932)
    The Beast of the City (13-Feb-1932)
    Emma (2-Jan-1932)
    Private Lives (12-Dec-1931)
    The Sin of Madelon Claudet (23-Oct-1931)
    Susan Lenox (Her Rise and Fall) (10-Oct-1931)
    The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (21-Sep-1927)
    Greed (4-Dec-1924)
    Tess of the Storm Country (12-Nov-1922)
    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (6-Mar-1921)

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