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Judy Holliday

1921 - 1965

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Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian, and singer. She began her career as part of a nightclub act before working in Broadway plays and musicals. Her success as Billie Dawn in the 1946 stage production of Born Yesterday led to her being cast in the 1950 film version for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She was known for her performance on Broadway in the musical Bells Are Ringing, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and reprising her role in the 1960 film adaptation. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Judy Holliday is the 3,431st most popular actor (down from 2,784th in 2019), the 5,685th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,318th in 2019) and the 1,613th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Judy Holliday ranks 3,431 out of 13,578. Before her are John Phillip Law, R. G. Armstrong, Kiti Mánver, Vilma Bánky, Nathan Lane, and Taryn Power. After her are Élodie Yung, Bradford Dillman, Nikolai Karachentsov, Dora Gerson, Lydia Shum, and Harry Morgan.

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Among people born in 1921, Judy Holliday ranks 246. Before her are Ernesto Vidal, Bengt Danielsson, Alenush Terian, Saul Zaentz, Giuseppe Delfino, and Frédéric Dard. After her are Hossein Wahid Khorasani, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Jack Clayton, Kurt Adolff, Adolf Wiklund, and Edvard Mirzoyan. Among people deceased in 1965, Judy Holliday ranks 122. Before her are Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Julius Skutnabb, Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Johnny Hayes, Amílcar Barbuy, and Louise Dresser. After her are Giorgio Zampori, Alejandro Casona, Emma Asson, Henry Travers, Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, and Joseph Grew.

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Among people born in United States, Judy Holliday ranks 5,685 out of 20,380. Before her are Steven Adler (1965), Ed Hamm (1906), Joshua Logan (1908), Nathan Lane (1956), Taryn Power (1953), and Loretta Lynn (1932). After her are Bradford Dillman (1930), Rosa Ponselle (1897), Anita O'Day (1919), Ross the Boss (1954), Walter Isaacson (1952), and S. Robson Walton (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Judy Holliday ranks 1,613. Before her are Kevin Pollak (1957), Julian Beck (1925), John Phillip Law (1937), R. G. Armstrong (1917), Nathan Lane (1956), and Taryn Power (1953). After her are Bradford Dillman (1930), Harry Morgan (1915), Danai Gurira (1978), Holly Marie Combs (1973), John Randolph (1915), and Keenan Wynn (1916).

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