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Lon Chaney

1883 - 1930

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Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lon Chaney is the 266th most popular actor (up from 2,047th in 2019), the 593rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,340th in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Actor.

Lon Chaney is most famous for his roles in silent films such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera.

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Among actors, Lon Chaney ranks 266 out of 13,578. Before him are Viggo Mortensen, Divine, David Suchet, Julianne Moore, Marcel Marceau, and Liza Minnelli. After him are Christopher Reeve, Franco Nero, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris, Isabelle Adjani, and Robert Mitchum.

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Among people born in 1883, Lon Chaney ranks 23. Before him are Pierre Laval, José Ortega y Gasset, Morihei Ueshiba, Clement Attlee, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, and Edgard Varèse. After him are Theo van Doesburg, Semyon Budyonny, Maurice Utrillo, Napoleon Hill, Mohammed Nadir Shah, and Wang Jingwei. Among people deceased in 1930, Lon Chaney ranks 14. Before him are Allvar Gullstrand, Fritz Pregl, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Christiaan Eijkman, William Howard Taft, and Joan Gamper. After him are Frank P. Ramsey, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Cosima Wagner, Wilfrid Voynich, Victoria of Baden, and Alfred von Tirpitz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lon Chaney ranks 593 out of 20,380. Before him are William P. Murphy (1892), Jack LaLanne (1914), Mike Tyson (1966), Julianne Moore (1960), Yehudi Menuhin (1916), and Liza Minnelli (1946). After him are Hugh Hefner (1926), Christopher Reeve (1952), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Asaph Hall (1829), Ed Harris (1950), and The Notorious B.I.G. (1972).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lon Chaney ranks 140. Before him are Lauren Bacall (1924), Rock Hudson (1925), Viggo Mortensen (1958), Divine (1945), Julianne Moore (1960), and Liza Minnelli (1946). After him are Christopher Reeve (1952), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Ed Harris (1950), Robert Mitchum (1917), George Clooney (1961), and Michael Keaton (1951).

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