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Elizabeth Allen

1929 - 2006

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Elizabeth Allen (born Elizabeth Ellen Gillease, January 25, 1929 — September 19, 2006) was an American theatre, television, and film actress and singer whose 40-year career lasted from the mid-1950s through the mid-1990s, and included scores of TV episodes and six theatrical features, two of which (1963's Donovan's Reef, for which she received a second-place Golden Laurel Award as Top New Female Personality, and 1964's Cheyenne Autumn) were directed by John Ford. She was a cast member in five TV series: The Jackie Gleason Show (1956–1957), Bracken's World (1969–1970), The Paul Lynde Show (1972–1973), C.P.O. Sharkey (1976–1977), and the daytime drama Texas (1980–1981), while also maintaining a thriving theatrical career as a musical comedy star and receiving two Tony nominations, in 1962 for The Gay Life and in 1965 for Do I Hear a Waltz?. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Elizabeth Allen is the 4,076th most popular actor (up from 8,020th in 2024), the 6,549th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,894th in 2019) and the 1,888th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Elizabeth Allen ranks 4,076 out of 13,578. Before her are Nicholas Clay, Alessandra Panaro, Maite Perroni, Mikhail Pugovkin, Philip Jackson, and Tyrese Gibson. After her are Debbie Allen, Željko Ivanek, Yuri Lowenthal, Debra Messing, Henry Gibson, and Jude Ciccolella.

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Among people born in 1929, Elizabeth Allen ranks 333. Before her are Nicolas Bouvier, Claude Nougaro, Jimmy Cobb, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Francesco Alberoni, and Azzeddine Laraki. After her are Miyoshi Umeki, John Hejduk, Héctor Alterio, Wolfgang Peters, Eliseo Prado, and Fred Martin. Among people deceased in 2006, Elizabeth Allen ranks 236. Before her are Maxi Herber, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Miroslav Brozović, Arif Mardin, Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, and Ivar Formo. After her are Leon Niemczyk, Lou Rawls, Pjetër Arbnori, Theodore Levitt, Runer Jonsson, and Ray Barretto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elizabeth Allen ranks 6,550 out of 20,380. Before her are Charles King (1895), Emily Procter (1968), Jubal Early (1816), Ronee Blakley (1945), Harry Cohn (1891), and Tyrese Gibson (1978). After her are Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816), Julian Castro (1974), Debbie Allen (1950), Art Langley (1896), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), and Yuri Lowenthal (1971).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Elizabeth Allen ranks 1,888. Before her are Thom Barry (1950), Richard Quine (1920), Charles King (1895), Emily Procter (1968), Ronee Blakley (1945), and Tyrese Gibson (1978). After her are Debbie Allen (1950), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Debra Messing (1968), Henry Gibson (1935), Jude Ciccolella (1947), and Colm Feore (1958).

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