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Kanan Devi

1916 - 1992

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Kanan Devi (22 April 1916 – 17 July 1992) was an Indian actress and singer. She was among the early singing stars of Indian cinema, and is credited popularly as the first star of Bengali cinema. Her singing style, usually in rapid tempo, was used instrumentally in some of the biggest hits of New Theatres, Kolkata. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kanan Devi is the 7,000th most popular actor (up from 7,897th in 2019), the 884th most popular biography from India (up from 912th in 2019) and the 167th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kanan Devi ranks 7,000 out of 13,578. Before her are Phyllis Thaxter, Priscilla Dean, Kate Bruce, Alberta Watson, Larry Storch, and Danica Curcic. After her are Vincent Spano, Yvonne Mitchell, Sean Gunn, Corin Nemec, Phyllis Haver, and Álex Angulo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Kanan Devi ranks 285. Before her are Charles F. Hockett, Spark Matsunaga, Ruy de Freitas, Paul Felix Schmidt, Gene Mako, and Giuseppe Tosi. After her are Peter Geach, Richard Hofstadter, Roderick Chisholm, Martha Raye, George Montgomery, and Ruth Warrick. Among people deceased in 1992, Kanan Devi ranks 256. Before her are Fedor Samokhin, Josephine McKim, Robert Marshak, Arthur Wint, Red Mitchell, and Eddie Hazel. After her are Dionizije Dvornić, George Adams, Al Parker, Mae Clarke, Norvel Lee, and George Murphy.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kanan Devi ranks 884 out of 1,861. Before her are Gauri Khan (1970), Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914), Javed Akhtar (1945), Gurdial Singh (1933), Tarsem Singh (1961), and Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944). After her are Balasaraswati (1918), Ali Sardar Jafri (1913), Karisma Kapoor (1974), V. K. Krishna Menon (1896), Pritam (1971), and Tabu (1971).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Kanan Devi ranks 167. Before her are Shatrughan Sinha (1945), Yash (1986), Juhi Chawla (1967), Mammootty (1951), Kirron Kher (1955), and Arjun Kapoor (1985). After her are Karisma Kapoor (1974), Tabu (1971), Anjali Devi (1927), Chiranjeevi (1955), Amrita Singh (1958), and Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1923).

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