Jean Hersholt
| Sign | Cancer |
| Born | Jul 12, 1886 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | Jun 2, 1956 Hollywood, CA |
| Age | Died at 69 |
| Final Resting PlaceForest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) | |
Jean Hersholt | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1906-1955 |
| Top Roles | Professor von Hartrott, Dr. 'Hockie' Hochberg, Jo Stengel, Dr. Von Berg, Senf |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Silent Films, Musical, Crime |
| Top Topics | Pre-Code Cinema, Based on Play, Book-Based |
| Top Collaborators | Irving Thalberg (Producer), Harry Rapf (Producer), Robert Z. Leonard (Director), Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Hunt Stromberg, Milton Berle, Vera Ralston see more.. |
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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Jean Hersholt Quotes:
[the two men hopelessly stand by the dead mule in the middle of the desert]
Marcus: We... are... dead... men!
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: I'll not send Heidi to school.
Pastor Schultz: What will you do with her, then?
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: She'll thrive up here in the mountains with the goats and the birds.
Pastor Schultz: What will she learn from them?
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: She will learn no evil
Pastor Schultz: That's hardly enough schooling for a child.
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: I'll teach her all that is necessary.
Pastor Schultz: Then you will teach her religion, too?
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: The mountains are the only religion worth having, as I've come to find out.
Pastor Schultz: Come back to Dörfli, neighbor. This is no life for you and the child, at amenity with God and man.
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: I know what they think of me in Dörfli, and they know what I think of them. It's better that we keep apart.
Pastor Schultz: I should not like to appeal to the law.
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: Heidi will not go to school or church either. That is final.
Pastor Schultz: I'm sorry, neighbor. May God help you.
Adolph Kramer, The Grandfather: And if any man tried to take Heidi away from me, God help him.
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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