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Edna May Oliver

1883 - 1942

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Edna May Oliver (née Nutter, November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 27 in 2024). Edna May Oliver is the 7,482nd most popular actor (down from 6,948th in 2024), the 11,553rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,250th in 2019) and the 3,455th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Edna May Oliver ranks 7,485 out of 13,578. Before her are Meltem Cumbul, Fanny Kemble, Barbara Anderson, Anthony Rapp, Eva Grimaldi, Kasey Rogers, Dianna Agron, Virginia Christine, and Saira Banu. After her are Toby Kebbell, Annie Murphy, and Michelle Hurd.

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Among people born in 1883, Edna May Oliver ranks 268. Before her are Lloyd Fredendall, Carl Gustav Fleischer, Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith, Gyula Juhász, Ercole Olgeni, and Henry Robertson Bowers. After her are Lesley Ashburner, Francis X. Bushman, Margaret Morse Nice, Cyril Burt, Pauline Frederick, and Compton Mackenzie. Among people deceased in 1942, Edna May Oliver ranks 238. Before her are John Goodall, William Carr, Carl Gustav Fleischer, Birger Cederin, James Cruze, and Dmitry Ushakov. After her are William Gott, Jamnalal Bajaj, Buck Jones, Miguel White, and Teófilo Yldefonso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edna May Oliver ranks 11,558 out of 20,380. Before her are Anthony Rapp (1971), Jim Loscutoff (1930), Martha Coolidge (1946), Kasey Rogers (1925), John Clellon Holmes (1926), Dianna Agron (1986), Virginia Christine (1920), Uri Caine (1956), and G. Gordon Liddy (1930). After her are Tracy Caldwell Dyson (1969), Michelle Hurd (1966), and D. J. Cotrona (1980).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edna May Oliver ranks 3,456. Before her are Scott Grimes (1971), Barbara Anderson (1945), Anthony Rapp (1971), Kasey Rogers (1925), Dianna Agron (1986), and Virginia Christine (1920). After her are Michelle Hurd (1966), D. J. Cotrona (1980), Brian Van Holt (1969), Brenda Joyce (1917), William Gillette (1853), and John Litel (1892).

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