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Gloria Grahame

1923 - 1981

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Gloria Grahame (born Gloria Penelope Hallward; November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981) was an American actress. She began her acting career in theater, and in 1944 made her first film for MGM. Many biographies indicate she was born Gloria Grahame Hallward, but she adopted the surname Grahame, her mother's acting name, as her professional name. Despite a featured role in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success and sold her contract to RKO. Often cast in film noir projects, Grahame was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Crossfire (1947), and later won the award for her work in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). After starring opposite Humphrey Bogart in In a Lonely Place (1950), she achieved her highest profile with Sudden Fear (1952), The Big Heat (1953), Human Desire (1954), and Oklahoma! Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gloria Grahame is the 2,393rd most popular actor (down from 1,510th in 2019), the 4,168th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,549th in 2019) and the 1,160th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Gloria Grahame ranks 2,393 out of 13,578. Before her are Macha Méril, John Aniston, Veronica Cartwright, Heinrich George, Wolfgang Preiss, and Juliette Lewis. After her are Akihiro Miwa, Rishi Kapoor, Katheryn Winnick, Richard Jordan, Debora Caprioglio, and Cecilia Roth.

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Among people born in 1923, Gloria Grahame ranks 170. Before her are Cathy O'Donnell, Cesare Siepi, Morris Halle, Ferenc Szusza, Tonino Delli Colli, and Shmuel Eisenstadt. After her are Holden Roberto, Zofia Posmysz, Gordon Mitchell, Milt Jackson, Arthur Hiller, and Shoshana Damari. Among people deceased in 1981, Gloria Grahame ranks 104. Before her are Victor Kugler, Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Michele Andreolo, Alexander Kotov, Sven Andersson, and T. H. Marshall. After her are Charles Barton, Edvard Kocbek, Mica Todorović, Hermann Esser, Zdeněk Burian, and Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gloria Grahame ranks 4,168 out of 20,380. Before her are Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961), Eric Betzig (1960), Jeralean Talley (1899), Link Wray (1929), Jerry Siegel (1914), and Juliette Lewis (1973). After her are Henry Armstrong (1912), Samuel Jones (1880), Eric Carle (1929), Aaliyah (1979), Carl Bernstein (1944), and Jennifer Doudna (1964).

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Among actors born in United States, Gloria Grahame ranks 1,160. Before her are Jane Lynch (1960), Jane Alexander (1939), Dan Blocker (1928), Patty Duke (1946), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961), and Juliette Lewis (1973). After her are Richard Jordan (1937), Tracy Pollan (1960), Chris O'Donnell (1970), Gordon Mitchell (1923), David Huddleston (1930), and Muse Watson (1948).

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