Michael Douglas accolades for his role, including Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Apart from his career in the film industry, Douglas has received notice for his humanitarian and political activism, as well as media attention for his marriage to Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the first child of actors Kirk Douglas (born 1916) and Diana Dill (1923–2015). His parents met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His father is Jewish, and was born Issur Danielovitch. Michael's paternal grandparents were emigrants from Chavusy (now in Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire).
Parisian Life (1936 film) multi-language versions were common during the early years of sound. Parisian Life (1936 film) Parisian Life is a 1936 French English-language musical film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Max Dearly, Conchita Montenegro, Neil Hamilton. A rich Brazilian, Mendoza, visited Paris in 1900 and was romantically involved with the star of Offenbach's "La Vie Parisienne" which was playing at the time. Thirty five years later, he returns with his son and granddaughter, who is engaged to a young Frenchman. It is based on the operetta "La Vie parisienne" by Ludovic Halévy, Henri Meilhac and Jacques Offenbach. It is the English-language