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Kelly Bishop

1944 - Today

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Kelly Bishop (born Carole Jane Bishop; on February 28, 1944) is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls and as Marjorie Houseman, the mother of Jennifer Grey's Frances "Baby" Houseman in the film Dirty Dancing. Bishop originated the role of Sheila in A Chorus Line for which she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2023, she starred as Mrs. Ivey in The Watchful Eye (2023). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kelly Bishop is the 1,966th most popular actor (down from 1,535th in 2019), the 3,537th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,581st in 2019) and the 963rd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kelly Bishop ranks 1,966 out of 13,578. Before her are Elisabeth Bergner, Estelle Getty, Götz George, Lisa Edelstein, Louis Tomlinson, and June Whitfield. After her are James McAvoy, Laurence Harvey, Kristina Söderbaum, Cynthia Nixon, Maria Montez, and Michael Parks.

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Among people born in 1944, Kelly Bishop ranks 263. Before her are Christopher Browning, Billy Cobham, Frances de la Tour, Abdulah Sidran, Lena Nyman, and Mitchell Feigenbaum. After her are Francisco Sagasti, Edgar Froese, Han Myeong-sook, Tom Okker, Takeshi Ono, and Abdul Fatah Younis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kelly Bishop ranks 3,537 out of 20,380. Before her are Alex Haley (1921), Carl W. Stalling (1891), Basil Poledouris (1945), Ron Kovic (1946), William Hoyt (1875), and Richard Kuklinski (1935). After her are Cynthia Nixon (1966), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Waylon Jennings (1937), Michael Parks (1940), Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), and Laurie Anderson (1947).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kelly Bishop ranks 963. Before her are Cheech Marin (1946), Charles Lane (1905), Steve Blum (1960), Dolores Costello (1903), Estelle Getty (1923), and Lisa Edelstein (1966). After her are Cynthia Nixon (1966), Michael Parks (1940), Charles Napier (1936), Andrew Garfield (1983), Thelma Ritter (1902), and Brooke Adams (1949).

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