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Jean Hersholt

1886 - 1956

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Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956), known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is most famous for starring on the CBS radio series Dr. Christian from 1937–1954, which later inspired a TV series with the same name from 1956-1957. He also co-starred with Shirley Temple in the film Heidi (1937). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Hersholt is the 2,360th most popular actor (up from 2,716th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 334th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Danish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jean Hersholt ranks 2,360 out of 13,578. Before him are Joanna Cassidy, Tamara Toumanova, Rodrigo Santoro, Mathieu Amalric, Dyan Cannon, and Henry Irving. After him are Abdellatif Kechiche, Steve Guttenberg, Benjamin Bratt, Mikhail Boyarsky, Leonid Kanevsky, and Étienne Decroux.

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Among people born in 1886, Jean Hersholt ranks 127. Before him are Anandyn Amar, Lyuh Woon-hyung, Ma Rainey, José Linhares, Marthe Bibesco, and Ty Cobb. After him are Rash Behari Bose, Georgios Tsolakoglou, Lucien Gaudin, May Ziade, Saburō Kurusu, and Yehuda Ashlag. Among people deceased in 1956, Jean Hersholt ranks 106. Before him are Victor Young, George Sarton, Walter Gieseking, Heinrich Barkhausen, Stan Ockers, and Eduardo Lonardi. After him are Henri Callot, Samad Vurgun, Louis Rosier, Meghnad Saha, Vladimir Obruchev, and Jacques Moeschal.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jean Hersholt ranks 286 out of 1,032. Before him are Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859), Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (1603), Per Kirkeby (1938), Princess Thyra of Denmark (1880), Sophus Nielsen (1888), and Martin Knudsen (1871). After him are Richard Martin West (1941), Erik Eriksen (1902), Hedwig of Denmark (1581), Princess Louise of Denmark (1726), Max Heindel (1865), and Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913).

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Among ACTORS In Denmark

Among actors born in Denmark, Jean Hersholt ranks 10. Before him are Giancarlo Esposito (1958), Connie Nielsen (1965), Erik Bruhn (1928), Jesper Christensen (1948), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970), and Annette Stroyberg (1936). After him are Lars Mikkelsen (1964), Viggo Larsen (1880), Bodil Ipsen (1889), Palle Huld (1912), Ghita Nørby (1935), and Pilou Asbæk (1982).

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