• Birth Name: Douglas Elton Thomas Ulman
  • Birth Place: Denver, CO
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/23/1883, Gemini
  • Date of Death: 12/12/1939
  • Profession: Actor; producer; author
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Douglas Fairbanks Fast Facts:
  • Father left his family in Denver, CO, to work on future president Benjamin Harrison's campaign; he never returned.
  • Was performing in amateur theater around the Denver area by the age of 11.
  • Moved to New York in 1900 to pursue a career on Broadway.
  • Made his Broadway debut in 1902 playing Florio in The Duke's Jester.
  • Was offered $104,000 in 1914 to leave New York and work in motion pictures.
  • Formed United Artists in 1919 with Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith.
  • Cofounded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was elected its first president.
  • Along with Mary Pickford, became the first to put his hand and footprints in the cement outside of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.
  • Douglas Fairbanks Relationships:
  • Hezekiah Charles Ulman - Father
  • Ella Adelaide Marsh Weeks - Mother
  • John Fairbanks - Half Brother
  • Robert Fairbanks - Brother
  • Anna Beth Sully - Ex-wife
  • Mary Pickford - Ex-wife
  • Edith Louise Sylvia Hawkes - Wife
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. - Son
  • Douglas Fairbanks Awards:
  • 1939 Oscar: Special Award - Winner
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