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Also known as Charles Douville Coburn

American film, theater actor (1877–1961)

OverviewAI-generated

Charles Coburn was an American male actor whose professional career began in 1901. He was recognized in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actor collection and holds a place in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. Coburn was born on June 19, 1877, and died on August 30, 1961.

His written works include *Universal Toolbox*, *The merry wives of Windsor*, and *The yellow jacket*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, VIAF, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Universal Toolbox
  • The merry wives of Windsor
  • The yellow jacket

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
1990-11-28

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,341
Total plays
4,227

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Charles+Coburn">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Charles Coburn

Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan
1877–1961
Nationality
US
Role / Field
Actors, Actor
Language
eng
Gender
Male

Recorded by 14 libraries

via VIAF · OCLC

Key facts

Born
( 1877-06-19 ) June 19, 1877, Macon, Georgia , U.S.
Died
August 30, 1961 (1961-08-30) (aged 84), New York City , U.S.
Resting place
Bonaventure Cemetery , (near Savannah , Georgia )
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1901–1960
Political party
Republican
Spouses
Ivah Wills Coburn ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1906 ; died 1937 ) ​ Winifred Natzka, ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1959 ) ​ (died 2017)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Charles Douville Coburn (June 19, 1877 – August 30, 1961) was an American actor and theatrical producer. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award three times – for The Devil and Miss Jones (1941), The More the Merrier (1943) and The Green Years (1946) – winning for his performance in The More the Merrier. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) in 1960 for his contribution to the film industry.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charles Coburn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.