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Gilda Gray

1901 - 1959

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Gilda Gray (born Marianna Michalska; October 25, 1895 – December 22, 1959) was a Polish-American dancer and actress who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Gilda Gray is the 7,792nd most popular actor (down from 6,854th in 2024), the 1,292nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,215th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Polish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gilda Gray ranks 7,792 out of 13,578. Before her are Lowell Sherman, Alessio Boni, Alvis Hermanis, David Ramsey, Edna Best, and Noriaki Sugiyama. After her are Svetlana Khodchenkova, Louise Fazenda, Huma Qureshi, Pauline Bush, Fernando Carrillo, and Sergei Puskepalis.

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Among people born in 1901, Gilda Gray ranks 345. Before her are Malcolm MacDonald, Rudy Vallée, George Tobias, E. B. Ford, Chester Morris, and John C. Stennis. After her are Putte Kock, Alex James, Nikolai Khmelyov, Mary Eaton, George Moorhouse, and Donald Howard Menzel. Among people deceased in 1959, Gilda Gray ranks 207. Before her are Arvid Spångberg, Nils Granfelt, Eusebio Díaz, Baby Dodds, Vincenzo Cardarelli, and George Amick. After her are Bruce Harlan, Frank Vaughn, Paul Douglas, Clarence McKerrow, James Gleason, and Taylor Holmes.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Gilda Gray ranks 1,292 out of 1,694. Before her are Joanna Kulig (1982), Doda (1984), Marian Woronin (1956), Jerzy Klempel (1953), Robert Korzeniowski (1968), and Piotr Mowlik (1951). After her are Jerzy Radziwiłowicz (1950), Jakub Kiwior (2000), Janusz Pyciak-Peciak (1949), Hans Ziglarski (1905), Piotr Adamczyk (1972), and Krystyna Bochenek (1953).

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Among ACTORS In Poland

Among actors born in Poland, Gilda Gray ranks 71. Before her are Bogumił Kobiela (1931), George E. Stone (1903), Anna-Maria Sieklucka (1992), Michał Żebrowski (1972), Katarzyna Figura (1962), and Joanna Kulig (1982). After her are Jerzy Radziwiłowicz (1950), Piotr Adamczyk (1972), Ludwika Paleta (1978), Dominika Paleta (1972), Marcin Dorociński (1973), and Izabella Miko (1981).

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