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Gwen Verdon

1925 - 2000

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Gwyneth Evelyn "Gwen" Verdon (January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000) was an American actress and dancer. She won four Tony Awards for her musical comedy performances, and she served as an uncredited choreographer's assistant and specialty dance coach for theater and film. Verdon was a critically acclaimed performer on Broadway in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, having originated many roles in musicals, including Lola in Damn Yankees, the title character in Sweet Charity, and Roxie Hart in Chicago. Her second husband was director-choreographer Bob Fosse, with whom she worked on a number of theater and film projects. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Gwen Verdon is the 6,200th most popular actor (down from 5,520th in 2024), the 9,565th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,047th in 2019) and the 2,849th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Gwen Verdon ranks 6,201 out of 13,578. Before her are Hana Laszlo, Özge Gürel, Roman Coppola, Graciela Borges, Veronica Hamel, Preity Zinta, and Ben Lyon. After her are Huseyn Arablinski, Irina Petrescu, Carlo Giuffrè, Stephen Dorff, and Alice Calhoun.

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Among people born in 1925, Gwen Verdon ranks 456. Before her are Peter Seeberg, Elaine Stritch, Guru Dutt, Otto Arosemena, Gunnar Birkerts, and Jimmy Dickinson. After her are Betty McKinnon, Georges Stuber, Ossi Reichert, Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, Marty Robbins, and Aleksei Paramonov. Among people deceased in 2000, Gwen Verdon ranks 292. Before her are Ernesto Albarracín, Helmut Berthold, Larry Linville, Masao Harada, Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, and Georgiy Gongadze. After her are Kenneth Lee Pike, Raymundo Rodríguez, Curt Siodmak, Donald Dewar, Antonio Maspes, and Mark R. Hughes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gwen Verdon ranks 9,567 out of 20,380. Before her are Veronica Hamel (1943), Ben Lyon (1901), Michael Anthony (1954), Harlow Curtice (1893), Jerry Weintraub (1937), and Annie Easley (1933). After her are Fischer Black (1938), Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968), Eileen Collins (1956), Stephen Dorff (1973), Jeff Hardy (1977), and Eric Bischoff (1955).

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Among actors born in United States, Gwen Verdon ranks 2,850. Before her are Alan Oppenheimer (1930), Evan Rachel Wood (1987), Kenneth Marshall (1950), Christie Brinkley (1954), Veronica Hamel (1943), and Ben Lyon (1901). After her are Stephen Dorff (1973), Alice Calhoun (1900), Marge Champion (1919), Melora Hardin (1967), Mariette Hartley (1940), and John James (1956).

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