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Celia Johnson

1908 - 1982

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Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson (18 December 1908 – 26 April 1982) was an English actress, whose career included stage, television and film. She is especially known for her roles in the films In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1944), Brief Encounter (1945) and The Captain's Paradise (1953). For Brief Encounter, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. A six-time BAFTA Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Celia Johnson is the 6,168th most popular actor (up from 6,506th in 2019), the 4,744th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,789th in 2019) and the 707th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Celia Johnson ranks 6,168 out of 13,578. Before her are Micky Dolenz, Liz Torres, Song Yoon-ah, Alan Oppenheimer, Evan Rachel Wood, and Kelly Rowan. After her are Nanako Matsushima, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Ryōko Hirosue, Kenneth Marshall, Christie Brinkley, and Hans Deppe.

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Among people born in 1908, Celia Johnson ranks 375. Before her are Kaarlo Tuominen, Hu Die, Robert Pearce, Aleksandr Zarkhi, Félix Welkenhuysen, and Necil Kazım Akses. After her are Boris Piotrovsky, Geirr Tveitt, Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, Francisco Aguirre, Víctor Peralta, and Pablo Pacheco. Among people deceased in 1982, Celia Johnson ranks 270. Before her are Stanley Holloway, Leo Losert, Boris Chirkov, John Cody, Hércules de Miranda, and Gopal Swarup Pathak. After her are Jimmy Dickinson, Francisco Gamborena, Arturo Rodríguez, Victor Fontan, Marty Robbins, and Charles Walters.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Celia Johnson ranks 4,745 out of 8,785. Before her are John Dill (1881), Horace Bailey (1881), Richard Tandy (1948), George Holyoake (1817), Simon Yates (1992), and Des Browne (1952). After her are Tommy Docherty (1928), John Martyn (1948), Frederic Moore (1830), Ove Arup (1895), Emily Hobhouse (1860), and Jimmy Dickinson (1925).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Celia Johnson ranks 707. Before her are Roger Ashton-Griffiths (1957), Rupert Davies (1916), Joanna Pettet (1942), Christian Coulson (1978), Tony Jay (1933), and Nigel Davenport (1928). After her are Eric Sykes (1923), Katherine Waterston (1980), Hannah Waddingham (1974), Sebastian Cabot (1918), Denis Lawson (1947), and Sophie Okonedo (1968).

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