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Evelyn Venable

1913 - 1993

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Evelyn Venable (October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993) was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Grazia in the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday. In addition to acting in around two dozen films during the 1930s and 1940s, she was also the voice and model for the Blue Fairy in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940). She is one of a number of women who have been suggested to have served as the model for the personification of Columbia in the Columbia Pictures logo that was used from 1928 to 1936. For her work in films, Venable has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Evelyn Venable is the 7,143rd most popular actor (down from 7,060th in 2024), the 11,023rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,424th in 2019) and the 3,285th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Evelyn Venable ranks 7,143 out of 13,578. Before her are Yuichi Nakamura, Todd Field, Claudia Koll, Martha Mansfield, Giuliana De Sio, and Nazanin Boniadi. After her are Collin Chou, Markie Post, DeObia Oparei, Edgar Buchanan, Ed Westwick, and Christian Serratos.

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Among people born in 1913, Evelyn Venable ranks 380. Before her are Mari Gerekmezyan, Norman Dello Joio, Heinrich Keimig, Eleanor Holm, Ali Sardar Jafri, and Odd Frantzen. After her are Emmanuil Kazakevich, Luigi Piotti, Jim Backus, Red Skelton, Jimmy Van Heusen, and Macdonald Carey. Among people deceased in 1993, Evelyn Venable ranks 276. Before her are Sammy Cahn, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Jim Pollard, Kenneth Burke, Arthur Alexander, and Ann Todd. After her are Harvey Kurtzman, Mia Zapata, Penaia Ganilau, Evelyne Hall, Glenn Corbett, and Criss Oliva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Evelyn Venable ranks 11,025 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert Spitzer (1932), Lou Harrison (1917), Louis Sachar (1954), Rikishi (1965), Charles Dumas (1937), and Edward Egan (1932). After her are Sam Balter (1909), Robert Creeley (1926), Richard Garfield (1963), Baby Dodds (1898), Markie Post (1950), and Bud Shank (1926).

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Among actors born in United States, Evelyn Venable ranks 3,286. Before her are Ross Alexander (1907), Dee Bradley Baker (1962), Ben Browder (1962), Tom Lenk (1976), Todd Field (1964), and Martha Mansfield (1899). After her are Markie Post (1950), Edgar Buchanan (1903), Christian Serratos (1990), Lynn-Holly Johnson (1958), Zachary Levi (1980), and Frank Albertson (1909).

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