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Adele Astaire

1896 - 1981

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Adele Astaire Douglass (born Adele Marie Austerlitz, later known as Lady Charles Cavendish; September 10, 1896 – January 25, 1981) was an American dancer, stage actress, and singer. After beginning work as a dancer and vaudeville performer at the age of nine, Astaire built a successful performance career with her younger brother, Fred Astaire. The brother and sister act initially worked their way through vaudeville circuits, finally achieving a breakthrough with their first Broadway roles in 1917. Astaire became known for her talents as a skilled dancer and comedienne, starring in hit Broadway musicals such as Lady, Be Good! Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adele Astaire is the 7,064th most popular actor (down from 6,866th in 2019), the 10,953rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,136th in 2019) and the 3,270th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Adele Astaire ranks 7,064 out of 13,578. Before her are Bridget Regan, Angelababy, Charles Korvin, Nathalie Kelley, Zabou Breitman, and Laila Robins. After her are Mozhan Marnò, Tawny Kitaen, Fann Wong, Tabu, Ann Todd, and Rachael Leigh Cook.

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Among people born in 1896, Adele Astaire ranks 261. Before her are Marie Prevost, Joan Lindsay, Keen Johnson, Priscilla Dean, Alan Mowbray, and V. K. Krishna Menon. After her are Herb Drury, Uberto De Morpurgo, William Cameron Townsend, Elliott Nugent, Yip Harburg, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Among people deceased in 1981, Adele Astaire ranks 267. Before her are Sam Jones, Wanda Hendrix, Bronisław Malinowski, Giuseppe Tosi, Humberto Tomasina, and Vittorio Tamagnini. After her are Clemente Yerovi, Carl Knowles, Alexey Okladnikov, Robert Russell Bennett, Zoltán Huszárik, and Malcolm MacDonald.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adele Astaire ranks 10,955 out of 20,380. Before her are Ashlyn Gere (1959), Spencer Cox (1975), Lester Bird (1938), Laila Robins (1959), Roderick Chisholm (1916), and Robin Beck (1954). After her are Nelson Eddy (1901), Mozhan Marnò (1980), Tawny Kitaen (1961), Ken Salazar (1955), Peter Orlovsky (1933), and Richard A. Falk (1930).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Adele Astaire ranks 3,271. Before her are Alice Terry (1900), Amy Hill (1953), Daniel J. Travanti (1940), Jack Weston (1924), Bridget Regan (1982), and Laila Robins (1959). After her are Mozhan Marnò (1980), Tawny Kitaen (1961), Rachael Leigh Cook (1979), Louis Wolheim (1880), Zach Grenier (1954), and Leslie Jordan (1955).

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