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John Houseman

1902 - 1988

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John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann; September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988) was a Romanian-born British-American theatre and film producer, actor, director, and teacher. He became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane. He enjoyed a distinguished career as an influential producer of both the stage and screen, and was the founding director of the Juilliard School and co-founder of The Acting Company. Houseman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for producing William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (1953). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Houseman is the 2,649th most popular actor (down from 2,170th in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Romania (down from 188th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Romanian Actor.

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Among actors, John Houseman ranks 2,649 out of 13,578. Before him are Yury Solomin, Howard Da Silva, Dominic Monaghan, Daniel Dae Kim, Peter MacNicol, and Randall Duk Kim. After him are Nicola Di Bari, William Forsythe, Franka Potente, Grey DeLisle, Pamela Bach, and Mary Ure.

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Among people born in 1902, John Houseman ranks 158. Before him are Solomon, Thomas E. Dewey, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Lūcija Garūta, Panteleimon Ponomarenko, and Louis Beel. After him are Carlos Vidal, Josef Silný, Shen Congwen, Henri Saint Cyr, Dutch Schultz, and Erwin Rösener. Among people deceased in 1988, John Houseman ranks 109. Before him are Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Pál Titkos, Solomon, Marcel Bozzuffi, Francis Ponge, and Kwon Ki-ok. After him are Erich Fried, Shen Congwen, Hillel Slovak, Ulanhu, Lygia Clark, and Irmgard Seefried.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, John Houseman ranks 233 out of 844. Before him are Aaron Aaronsohn (1876), Michael von Melas (1729), Kálmán Tisza (1830), Constantin Constantinescu-Claps (1884), Alexander Vencel (1944), and Brunó Ferenc Straub (1914). After him are Maria Tănase (1913), Matei Basarab (1580), Tudor Arghezi (1880), Mircea Diaconu (1949), Liviu Rebreanu (1885), and Reuven Feuerstein (1921).

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Among ACTORS In Romania

Among actors born in Romania, John Houseman ranks 6. Before him are Bela Lugosi (1882), Edward G. Robinson (1893), Maia Morgenstern (1962), Marcel Iureș (1951), and Sebastian Stan (1982). After him are Maria Tănase (1913), Mircea Diaconu (1949), Ágnes Esterházy (1891), Elvira Popescu (1894), Natalya Varley (1947), and Alexandra Maria Lara (1978).

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