Biography
Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), as well as the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Years Ago (1947) and Long Day's Journey into Night (1956). March is one of only two actors, the other being Helen Hayes, to have won both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice.
Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1957
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1947
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1947
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1932
- David di Donatello — Best Foreign Actor
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- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Volpi Cup — Best Actor
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1952 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1947 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1938 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1931 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · nominated
Filmography43 titles
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
The Best Years of Our Lives
Inherit the Wind
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Seven Days in May
A Star Is Born
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Hombre
Executive Suite
Les Misérables
Design for Living
Middle of the Night
The Desperate Hours
What's My Line?
Manslaughter
The Adventures of Mark Twain
I Married a Witch
The Ed Sullivan Show
We Live Again
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Eagle and the Hawk
Lux Video Theatre
Man on a Tightrope
Susan and God
Anna Karenina
Merrily We Go to Hell
The Buccaneer
Trade Winds
The Sign of the Cross
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
So Ends Our Night
Nothing Sacred
Death Takes a Holiday
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Mary of Scotland
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Iceman Cometh
Alexander the Great
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Smilin' Through
The Affairs of Cellini
Laughter