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Akim Tamiroff

1899 - 1972

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Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff (born Hovakim Tamiryants; October 29, 1899 – September 17, 1972) was an Armenian-American actor of film, stage, and television. One of the premier character actors of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tamiroff developed a prolific career despite his thick accent, appearing in at least 80 motion pictures over a span of 37 years. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in The General Died at Dawn (1936) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), winning the first ever Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for the latter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akim Tamiroff is the 1,038th most popular actor (up from 1,286th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 61st in 2019) and the most popular Georgian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Akim Tamiroff ranks 1,038 out of 13,578. Before him are Gillian Anderson, Wes Studi, Michel Serrault, Denholm Elliott, Joe Mantegna, and Macaulay Culkin. After him are Bill Pullman, Gene Tierney, Ed Lauter, Rossana Podestà, Don Ameche, and Arletty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Akim Tamiroff ranks 66. Before him are Lao She, Brassaï, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Andrei Platonov, Louis Chiron, and Georges Bidault. After him are Philipp Bouhler, Frances Yates, Artur da Costa e Silva, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Franz Jonas, and John Christie. Among people deceased in 1972, Akim Tamiroff ranks 50. Before him are Josep Samitier, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Natalie Clifford Barney, Eugène Tisserant, Fredric Brown, and Bronislava Nijinska. After him are Jo Bonnier, Lester B. Pearson, Harlow Shapley, Martiros Saryan, Ettore Bastico, and Mahalia Jackson.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Akim Tamiroff ranks 44 out of 406. Before him are Heraclius II of Georgia (1720), Nariman Narimanov (1870), Rashid Behbudov (1915), George XII of Georgia (1746), Zurab Tsereteli (1934), and Gregorio Pietro Agagianian (1895). After him are Mihrişah Sultan (1745), Stepan Shaumian (1878), Murad Bey (1750), Rouben Mamoulian (1897), Vakhtang I of Iberia (440), and Mikhail Kalatozov (1903).

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Among ACTORS In Georgia

Among actors born in Georgia, Akim Tamiroff ranks 1. After him are Vakhtang Kikabidze (1938), Mikheil Gelovani (1893), Sofiko Chiaureli (1937), Leila Abashidze (1929), Mikheil Chiaureli (1894), Dodo Abashidze (1924), Merab Ninidze (1965), Nina Ananiashvili (1963), Medea Japaridze (1923), Lika Kavzharadze (1959), and Tinatin Dalakishvili (1991).

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