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Anthony Franciosa

1928 - 2006

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Anthony George Franciosa (né Papaleo; October 25, 1928 – January 19, 2006) was an American actor most often billed as Tony Franciosa at the height of his career. He began his career on stage and made a breakthrough portraying the brother of the drug addict in the play A Hatful of Rain, which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He reprised his role in its subsequent film adaptation, for which he won the 1957 Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. After relocating to Hollywood he made numerous feature films, including A Face in the Crowd (1957), The Long, Hot Summer (1958), and Career (1959), for which he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Franciosa is the 2,434th most popular actor (up from 2,482nd in 2019), the 4,266th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,920th in 2019) and the 1,182nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Anthony Franciosa ranks 2,434 out of 13,578. Before him are Vincent Pastore, Virginia Madsen, Françoise Fabian, David Wenham, John C. Reilly, and Carmen Electra. After him are Lee Joon-gi, Penelope Wilton, Bruce Davison, Li Bingbing, James Rebhorn, and Carla Gugino.

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Among people born in 1928, Anthony Franciosa ranks 236. Before him are Alexis Korner, Arnfinn Bergmann, Lorna Wing, Dan Blocker, Robert Indiana, and Adrian Frutiger. After him are Tom Sharpe, Alejandro de Tomaso, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Horace Silver, Orson Bean, and Warren Oates. Among people deceased in 2006, Anthony Franciosa ranks 156. Before him are Galina Ustvolskaya, Carlo Acutis, Paul Halmos, Alexander Zinoviev, Maureen Stapleton, and Mickey Spillane. After him are Jerry Brudos, Shoshana Damari, Gerard Reve, Rudi Carrell, Mariam Aslamazian, and Vera Aceva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony Franciosa ranks 4,266 out of 20,380. Before him are John C. Reilly (1965), Carmen Electra (1972), Jack Nicklaus (1940), Kelly Craft (1962), Brian Tyler (1972), and Wilder Penfield (1891). After him are Thomas Newman (1955), Bobby Kimball (1947), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Chuck Billy (1962), Lee Hazlewood (1929), and Moondog (1916).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Anthony Franciosa ranks 1,182. Before him are Diane Venora (1952), Beatrice Straight (1914), Vincent Pastore (1946), Virginia Madsen (1961), John C. Reilly (1965), and Carmen Electra (1972). After him are Bruce Davison (1946), James Rebhorn (1948), Carla Gugino (1971), Bruce Cabot (1904), Irene Dunne (1898), and Hill Harper (1966).

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