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Helen Morgan

1900 - 1941

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Helen Morgan (née Riggin; August 2, 1900 – October 9, 1941) was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s. She starred as Julie LaVerne in the original Broadway production of Hammerstein and Kern's musical Show Boat in 1927, as well as in the 1932 Broadway revival of the musical, and appeared in two film adaptations, a part-talkie made in 1929 (prologue only) and a full-sound version made in 1936, becoming firmly associated with the role. She suffered from bouts of alcoholism, and despite her notable success in the title role of another Hammerstein and Kern's Broadway musical, Sweet Adeline (1929), her stage career was relatively short. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helen Morgan is the 3,593rd most popular actor (up from 9,678th in 2019), the 5,901st most popular biography from United States (up from 14,177th in 2019) and the 1,690th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Helen Morgan ranks 3,593 out of 13,578. Before her are Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Ian Richardson, Cynthia Rhodes, Anna Maria Ferrero, Anthony Andrews, and Dot Jones. After her are Christine Lahti, Sid Haig, Harry Shum Jr., Sanjeev Kumar, Peter Sarsgaard, and Eve Kivi.

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Among people born in 1900, Helen Morgan ranks 197. Before her are Jiří Wolker, Gilberto Freyre, Bruno Apitz, George Calnan, Haskell Curry, and Ioannis Andreou. After her are René Guillot, Roy Harrod, Ioannis Theodoropoulos, Clyde Tolson, Vasily Abaev, and Émile Druart. Among people deceased in 1941, Helen Morgan ranks 138. Before her are Miina Härma, Huseyn Javid, Charles Murray, Nazikeda Kadın, Yakov Smushkevich, and Jin Shuren. After her are Leo Deutsch, Anton Reichenow, Chris Watson, Franciszek Kleeberg, Štefan Banič, and Afife Jale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Morgan ranks 5,901 out of 20,380. Before her are Diahnne Abbott (1945), Al Taliaferro (1905), Cynthia Rhodes (1956), John Lynch (1952), Dot Jones (1964), and Henry E. Holt (1929). After her are Christine Lahti (1950), Sid Haig (1939), Yoshi Oyakawa (1933), Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Peter Sarsgaard (1971), and Nathan East (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Helen Morgan ranks 1,690. Before her are Ona Munson (1903), George Nichols (1864), Ken Davitian (1953), Diahnne Abbott (1945), Cynthia Rhodes (1956), and Dot Jones (1964). After her are Christine Lahti (1950), Sid Haig (1939), Peter Sarsgaard (1971), Paul Reubens (1952), Marie Osborne Yeats (1911), and Barry Dennen (1938).

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