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James Stephenson

1889 - 1941

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James Albert Stephenson (14 April 1889 – 29 July 1941) was a British stage and film actor. He took up film acting at 49 and after a typically slow start delivered an Academy Award-nominated performance in the William Wyler-directed melodrama, The Letter in 1940. The roles offered to Stephenson dramatically improved following this performance, but he died just a year later at 52. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Stephenson is the 2,404th most popular actor (up from 8,043rd in 2019), the 2,407th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,627th in 2019) and the 309th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, James Stephenson ranks 2,404 out of 13,578. Before him are Debora Caprioglio, Cecilia Roth, Tracy Pollan, David Tennant, Joseph Fiennes, and Maria de Medeiros. After him are Chris O'Donnell, Gordon Mitchell, David Huddleston, Herman van Veen, Muse Watson, and Robert David Hall.

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Among people born in 1889, James Stephenson ranks 128. Before him are Charles Kay Ogden, Sewall Wright, Lev Mekhlis, Baba Sali, Manuel Prado Ugarteche, and Dietrich von Hildebrand. After him are Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Adolphe Pégoud, Vasiliy Ulrikh, Jānis K. Bērziņš, Bernhard Karlgren, and Azem Galica. Among people deceased in 1941, James Stephenson ranks 102. Before him are Mustafa Shokay, Kurt Hensel, Peder Mørk Mønsted, Fritz-Julius Lemp, May Ziade, and Issai Schur. After him are Grigory Shtern, Maurice Bavaud, Karl Neukirch, Giuseppe Amisani, Otto Strandman, and Alexander Svanidze.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Stephenson ranks 2,407 out of 8,785. Before him are Konstantinos Paspatis (1878), David Tennant (1971), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Joseph Fiennes (1970), Gary Glitter (1944), and Claude Choules (1901). After him are James Steuart (1712), Cynewulf of Wessex (750), Derek Warwick (1954), Catherine of York (1479), Ian Stewart (1945), and The Edge (1961).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, James Stephenson ranks 309. Before him are Stephen Rea (1946), Dudley Moore (1935), Henry Irving (1838), Veronica Cartwright (1949), David Tennant (1971), and Joseph Fiennes (1970). After him are Simon MacCorkindale (1952), William Hartnell (1908), Penelope Wilton (1946), Samantha Eggar (1939), Lesley Manville (1956), and Gavin Rossdale (1965).

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