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Gale Sondergaard

1899 - 1985

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Gale Sondergaard (born Edith Holm Sondergaard; February 15, 1899 – August 14, 1985) was an American actress. Sondergaard began her acting career in theater and progressed to films in 1936. She was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut in Anthony Adverse (1936). She regularly had supporting roles in films during the late 1930s and 1940s, including The Cat and the Canary (1939), The Mark of Zorro (1940) and The Letter (1940). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gale Sondergaard is the 2,659th most popular actor (up from 3,355th in 2019), the 4,616th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,032nd in 2019) and the 1,285th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Gale Sondergaard ranks 2,659 out of 13,578. Before her are Grey DeLisle, Pamela Bach, Mary Ure, Girish Karnad, Gordon Jackson, and Nieves Navarro. After her are Jill St. John, Bill Irwin, E. G. Daily, Heather Graham, Jandira Martini, and Tom Hiddleston.

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Among people born in 1899, Gale Sondergaard ranks 160. Before her are Francis Ponge, Masujiro Nishida, Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, Chief Dan George, Ramón Muttis, and Li Lisan. After her are Leo Borchard, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Armand Salacrou, Günther Pancke, Silvestre Revueltas, and Yury Olesha. Among people deceased in 1985, Gale Sondergaard ranks 120. Before her are Oreco, Benjamin Markarian, Robert Surtees, Julia Robinson, Omayra Sánchez, and Seewoosagur Ramgoolam. After her are Gaston Rébuffat, Sergei Gerasimov, Helene Engelmann, Enrique Fernández Viola, Samantha Smith, and Salvador Espriu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gale Sondergaard ranks 4,616 out of 20,380. Before her are Susan Kilrain (1961), Grey DeLisle (1973), Pamela Bach (1963), Frank Beard (1949), Hunter Schafer (1998), and John Stockton (1962). After her are Pat Flaherty (1926), Jill St. John (1940), Lester Germer (1896), Luke Harper (1979), Henry Darger (1892), and Robert Taylor (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gale Sondergaard ranks 1,285. Before her are Howard Da Silva (1909), Peter MacNicol (1954), Randall Duk Kim (1943), William Forsythe (1955), Grey DeLisle (1973), and Pamela Bach (1963). After her are Jill St. John (1940), Bill Irwin (1950), E. G. Daily (1961), Heather Graham (1970), Lesley Ann Warren (1946), and Christina Ricci (1980).

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