Adolphe Menjou

Menjou has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6822 Hollywood Blvd. He currently resides in Tehachapi, California in retirement. He ended his career with such roles as a French officer during World War I in 1957's Paths of Glory, and as the town curmudgeon in Pollyanna in 1960. According to the legend, this mistake was considered too embarrassing to correct. He published his autobiography, It Took Nine Tailors in that year. There is an urban legend that Palance liked Marisa Tomei so much that in 1992 he announced her as an Oscar winner for her part in My Cousin Vinny while there actually was another name on his note. In 1947, Menjou cooperated with the House Un-American Activities Committee in its hunt for Communists in Hollywood. During World War II, Palance, a bomber pilot, crash and received severe burns that led to extensive facial surgery, resulting in his gaunt, pinched face.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1991 for City Slickers. His career stalled with the coming of talkies, but in 1930 he starred in Morocco. Of Ukrainian descent, Palance was born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania. When he starred in 1923's A Woman of Paris, he solidified the image of a well-dressed man-about-town. Jack Palance (born Vladimir Palanuik) (born 18 February 1919) is an American actor. Returning from the war, he became a star in such films as The Sheik and The Three Musketeers.

During World War I, he served as a captain in the ambulance service. Attracted to the vaudeville stage, he made his movie debut in 1916 in The Blue Envelope Mystery. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he attended the Culver Military Academy and graduated from Cornell University with a degree in engineering. Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 - October 29, 1963) was an American actor.