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Louise Brooks

1906 - 1985

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Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985) was an American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. She is regarded today as an icon of the flapper culture, in part due to the bob hairstyle that she helped popularize during the prime of her career. At the age of 15, Brooks began her career as a dancer and toured with the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts where she performed opposite Ted Shawn. After being fired, she found employment as a chorus girl in George White's Scandals and as a semi-nude dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louise Brooks is the 1,334th most popular actor (down from 890th in 2019), the 2,511th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,594th in 2019) and the 654th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Louise Brooks ranks 1,334 out of 13,578. Before her are William Dieterle, Pietro Germi, Idris Elba, Caitriona Balfe, Jane Darwell, and Don Taylor. After her are Daniel Stern, Sterling Hayden, Geraldine Page, Liam Hemsworth, Mary McDonnell, and Dana Elcar.

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Among people born in 1906, Louise Brooks ranks 100. Before her are Franz Hössler, Piero Taruffi, Heinz Harmel, Junio Valerio Borghese, Curtis LeMay, and Eleanor Hibbert. After her are George Sanders, Humberto Delgado, Heinrich Schwarz, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Pierre Fournier, and Chandra Shekhar Azad. Among people deceased in 1985, Louise Brooks ranks 61. Before her are Alfredo Foni, Kyu Sakamoto, André Kertész, Dan White, Tapio Wirkkala, and Karl-Adolf Hollidt. After her are Michael Redgrave, Eric Voegelin, David Byron, Hermann Priess, Birabongse Bhanudej, and Cus D'Amato.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louise Brooks ranks 2,511 out of 20,380. Before her are Charles Bachman (1924), Gene Roddenberry (1921), Jessye Norman (1945), Peggy Lee (1920), Jane Darwell (1879), and Don Taylor (1920). After her are Ron Paul (1935), Daniel Stern (1957), Ry Cooder (1947), James Rothman (1950), Sterling Hayden (1916), and Henry L. Stimson (1867).

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Among actors born in United States, Louise Brooks ranks 654. Before her are Aaron Eckhart (1968), Bob Fosse (1927), Joe Pantoliano (1951), Michael Jeter (1952), Jane Darwell (1879), and Don Taylor (1920). After her are Daniel Stern (1957), Sterling Hayden (1916), Geraldine Page (1924), Mary McDonnell (1952), Dana Elcar (1927), and Eleanor Parker (1922).

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