Jean Hersholt
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Jean Pierre Carl Buron, known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is most famous for starring on the CBS radio series Dr. Christian from 1937-1954, reprising the role in a film series from 1939-1941. He also co-starred with Shirley Temple in the film Heidi (1937).
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Promotional flyer for 'The Vaseline Program' / and 'Dr. Christian' radio drama program with Jean Hersholt broadcasting 1937-1954 on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) radio network and station KIRO in Seattle, Washington
Jean Hersholt's grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, CaliforniaFilmography 40
Grand Hotel
Greed
Mark of the Vampire
Heidi
Dinner at Eight
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Run for Cover
The Painted Veil
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Hell's Hinges
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
The Beast of the City
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Susan Lenox
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Souls for Sale
Stage Door Canteen
Don Q Son of Zorro
Private Lives
Seventh Heaven
Stella Dallas
Emma
Men in White
Transatlantic
Flesh
Skyscraper Souls
'49-'17
Complicated Women
The Crime of the Century
Tess of the Storm Country
The Battle of the Sexes
The Younger Generation
Hell Harbor
Her Night of Romance
Break of Hearts
His Brother's Wife
Night Court
Mamba
The Phantom of Paris141 credits on file
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What's My Line?
The Ed Sullivan Show
This Is Your LifeAwards 4
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About this person
Jean Pierre Carl Buron, known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is most famous for starring on the CBS radio series Dr. Christian from 1937-1954, reprising the role in a film series from 1939-1941. He also co-starred with Shirley Temple in the film Heidi (1937). When asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "in English her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." From 1924 to 1955, he had 140 motion picture credits: 75 silent film and 65 "talkies"; he directed four.
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