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Betty Grable

1916 - 1973

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Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she placed among the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars (a feat only matched by Doris Day, Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand, although all were surpassed by Mary Pickford, with 13 years). The U.S. Treasury Department listed her as the highest-salaried American woman in 1946 and 1947, and she earned more than $3 million during her career. Grable began her film career in 1929 at age 12 and was later fired from a contract for having signed with a false identification. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Betty Grable is the 1,642nd most popular actor (down from 1,086th in 2019), the 3,023rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,876th in 2019) and the 804th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Betty Grable ranks 1,642 out of 13,578. Before her are Edward Herrmann, Jon Favreau, Danny Kaye, Pauley Perrette, June Allyson, and Dominic Purcell. After her are Oleg Popov, Haluk Bilginer, Louis Jouvet, Martin Lawrence, George Arliss, and Timothy Spall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Betty Grable ranks 92. Before her are Ri Jong-ok, Ray Conniff, James Herriot, José Manuel Moreno, Mika Špiljak, and Jane Jacobs. After her are Yekaterina Budanova, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Pérez Prado, Chiang Wei-kuo, Luis Corvalán, and Jurij Brězan. Among people deceased in 1973, Betty Grable ranks 93. Before her are Robert Watson-Watt, Merian C. Cooper, Hans Globke, Jarno Saarinen, Soong Ai-ling, and Joseph Szigeti. After her are Alois Hába, Fuad Chehab, Frank Jack Fletcher, Johannes Aavik, Jack Hawkins, and Tanzan Ishibashi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betty Grable ranks 3,023 out of 20,380. Before her are Anna Moffo (1932), Pauley Perrette (1969), June Allyson (1917), Mary Kenneth Keller (1913), Carl Sandburg (1878), and Richard Mentor Johnson (1780). After her are Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Dennis Wilson (1944), Philip Abelson (1913), Ken Kercheval (1935), Charles H. Bennett (1943), and Fess Parker (1924).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Betty Grable ranks 804. Before her are Rob Schneider (1963), Edward Herrmann (1943), Jon Favreau (1966), Danny Kaye (1911), Pauley Perrette (1969), and June Allyson (1917). After her are Ken Kercheval (1935), Fess Parker (1924), Xander Berkeley (1955), Cyd Charisse (1922), Jennifer Jason Leigh (1962), and Kate Jackson (1948).

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