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Mary Carlisle

1914 - 2018

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Mary Carlisle (born Gwendolyn Witter; February 3, 1914 – August 1, 2018) was an American actress, singer and dancer, best known for her roles as a wholesome ingénue in numerous 1930s musical-comedy films. Carlisle starred in more than 60 Hollywood films, moving beyond bit parts after coming to attention, alongside the likes of Gloria Stuart and Ginger Rogers, as one of 15 girls selected by the Western Association of Motion pictures as their WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1932. Her first major role was in the 1933 film College Humor with Bing Crosby. The two performers worked together in two additional films, Double or Nothing (1937) and Doctor Rhythm (1938). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Carlisle is the 6,125th most popular actor (down from 4,298th in 2024), the 9,456th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,304th in 2019) and the 2,817th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Mary Carlisle ranks 6,125 out of 13,578. Before her are Elaine Stritch, Lola Pagnani, James Kyson, Sylvia Hoeks, Emily Browning, and Sharon Mitchell. After her are Cory Monteith, Lisa Eilbacher, Stuart Townsend, Richard Dysart, Will Yun Lee, and Harvey Korman.

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Among people born in 1914, Mary Carlisle ranks 358. Before her are Astrid Henning-Jensen, Geoffrey Unsworth, Élie Bayol, Mauk Weber, Hans Theilig, and Franz Bistricky. After her are Hideko Maehata, Forrest Towns, Josef Peters, R. A. Lafferty, John Berryman, and Oktay Rıfat Horozcu. Among people deceased in 2018, Mary Carlisle ranks 442. Before her are Branislav Pokrajac, Daniel Akaka, Ray Wilkins, Muhibbe Darga, Alfred W. Crosby, and Wilhelm Genazino. After her are Ricky Jay, William Blum, Manuel Rodríguez, Maria Rohm, Carlo Giuffrè, and Evy Berggren.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Carlisle ranks 9,458 out of 20,380. Before her are John Cody (1907), Sharon Mitchell (1956), James Burnham (1905), Riley Steele (1987), Jeanette J. Epps (1970), and Joe Morello (1928). After her are Happy Rockefeller (1926), Rex Brown (1964), Little Crow (1810), Douglas Trumbull (1942), Ricky Jay (1946), and Michael Parenti (1933).

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Among actors born in United States, Mary Carlisle ranks 2,818. Before her are James Parrott (1897), Robert Costanzo (1942), Margaret Truman (1924), John Russell (1921), Elaine Stritch (1925), and Sharon Mitchell (1956). After her are Richard Dysart (1929), Will Yun Lee (1971), Harvey Korman (1927), Alexis Arquette (1969), Nestor Serrano (1955), and Charley Grapewin (1869).

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