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Jean Hersholt is a Actor American born on 10 july 1886 at Copenhagen (Danemark)

Jean Hersholt

Jean Hersholt
Jean Hersholt participated to 97 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 4 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

Emma
Emma (1932)
, 1h12
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt, Myrna Loy, Barbara Kent, Dale Fuller
Roles Frederick Smith
Rating69% 3.492533.492533.492533.492533.49253
Inventor Frederick Smith's wife dies during the birth of their fourth baby, Ronnie, leaving the family in the care of their faithful housekeeper Emma. Twenty years later, after Smith's inventions have made the family rich, the affable Ronnie, who is Emma's favorite, arrives home from college, announcing that he wants to quit school and become a pilot. The other Smith children, Bill, Gypsy and Isabelle, have all grown into spoiled adults, but Emma lovingly indulges them all, making excuses for their bad behavior to their father and everyone else.
The Case of Sergeant Grischa, 1h22
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Chester Morris, Betty Compson, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Alec B. Francis, Jean Hersholt, Leyland Hodgson
Roles Posnanski
Rating71% 3.5856853.5856853.5856853.5856853.585685
Sergeant Grischa Paprotkin of the Imperial Russian Army has been captured by the Imperial German Army during World War I, and is interned in a Prisoner-of-war camp. When his chance comes to escape, he takes it, ending up staying with a young Russian refugee, Babka. However, after a time, he longs to return to his home in Russia. Babka, even though she has fallen in love with him, agrees to help him. Since he cannot travel under his real name, being an escaped POW, Babka obtains the credentials of a dead Russian soldier, Bjuscheff.
The Sin of Madelon Claudet, 1h15
Directed by Edgar Selwyn
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Helen Hayes, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt, Robert Young, Cliff Edwards, Neil Hamilton
Roles Dr. Dulac
Rating65% 3.291053.291053.291053.291053.29105
When neglected wife Alice (Karen Morley) decides to leave her doctor husband Lawrence (Robert Young), his friend Dr. Dulac (Jean Hersholt) stops her and tells her the life story of another woman, Madelon Claudet (Helen Hayes), who was persuaded by her American boyfriend, artist Larry Maynard (Neil Hamilton), to run away with him. Eventually, he has to return to the U.S. because his father is sick. Once there however, he betrays her and marries a woman approved of by his parents.
Transatlantic, 1h18
Directed by William K. Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran, Myrna Loy, John Halliday, Jean Hersholt, Billy Bevan
Roles Rudolph aka Jed Kramer
Rating63% 3.183923.183923.183923.183923.18392
Alors qu'un luxueux paquebot traverse l'océan Atlantique, le public est mis au courant des déboires de plusieurs de ses passagers. Edmund Lowe dirige le casting dans le rôle de Monty Greer, un joueur suave qui tombe amoureux de Judy, la fille du broyeur d'objectifs immigré Rudolph Kramer. En essayant de récupérer des titres de valeur volés au banquier Henry Graham, Greer se retrouve au milieu d'une féroce fusillade dans la salle des machines du navire. Pendant ce temps, Graham, qui a trompé sa femme Kay avec la danseuse sexy Sigrid Carline, est assassiné par une personne ou des inconnus.