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Laurence Harvey

1928 - 1973

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Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 1928 – 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. He was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents and emigrated to South Africa at an early age, before later settling in the United Kingdom after World War II. In a career that spanned a quarter of a century, Harvey appeared in stage, film and television productions primarily in the United Kingdom and the United States. Harvey was known for his clipped, refined accent and cool, debonair screen persona. His performance in Room at the Top (1959) resulted in an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laurence Harvey is the 1,968th most popular actor (down from 1,788th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 65th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Laurence Harvey ranks 1,968 out of 13,578. Before him are Götz George, Lisa Edelstein, Louis Tomlinson, June Whitfield, Kelly Bishop, and James McAvoy. After him are Kristina Söderbaum, Cynthia Nixon, Maria Montez, Michael Parks, Ronald Colman, and Eileen Atkins.

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Among people born in 1928, Laurence Harvey ranks 195. Before him are Henry Silva, Branko Mikulić, Shulamit Aloni, Cy Young, Ethel Kennedy, and Pavel Kohout. After him are Fred Rogers, Ulric Neisser, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Steingrímur Hermannsson, Bella Darvi, and Aleksey Batalov. Among people deceased in 1973, Laurence Harvey ranks 107. Before him are Yaakov Dori, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Roger Williamson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Noël Coward, and Clas Thunberg. After him are Mirra Alfassa, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Lidia Ruslanova, Dmytro Dontsov, and Ben Webster.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Laurence Harvey ranks 69 out of 328. Before him are Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556), Janusz Radziwiłł (1612), Joseph Klausner (1874), Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913), and Kazimira Prunskienė (1943). After him are Donatas Banionis (1924), Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), Daumantas of Pskov (1240), Vydūnas (1868), Ingrida Šimonytė (1974), and George Maciunas (1931).

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Among ACTORS In Lithuania

Among actors born in Lithuania, Laurence Harvey ranks 1. After him are Donatas Banionis (1924), Petr Shelokhonov (1929), Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (1963), Jacques Sernas (1925), Cornell Borchers (1925), Regimantas Adomaitis (1937), Juozas Budraitis (1940), Vasily Kachalov (1875), and Agnia Ditkovskyte (1988).

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