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May Robson

1858 - 1942

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Mary Jeanette Robison (19 April 1858 – 20 October 1942), known professionally as May Robson, was an Australian-born America-based actress whose career spanned 58 years, starting in 1883 when she was 25. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she is remembered for the dozens of films she appeared in during the 1930s, when she was in her 70s. Robson was the earliest-born person, and the first Australian to be nominated for an Academy Award (for her leading role in Lady for a Day in 1933). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. May Robson is the 4,820th most popular actor (up from 5,681st in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Australia (up from 254th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Australian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, May Robson ranks 4,820 out of 13,578. Before her are Lola Falana, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Jang Dong-gun, Otto Gebühr, and Courtney Thorne-Smith. After her are Antonia San Juan, Janis Paige, Julie Depardieu, Natalya Gundareva, Margaret Avery, and Cecil Kellaway.

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Among people born in 1858, May Robson ranks 117. Before her are Gerard De Geer, Edward M. House, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Henry Scott Tuke, Rosa Mayreder, and Take Ionescu. After her are Albert Samain, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Dimitar Petkov, José Leite de Vasconcelos, and Mary Harrison McKee. Among people deceased in 1942, May Robson ranks 205. Before her are Gertrud Adelborg, Clinton Hart Merriam, Mel Sheppard, Ruth Maier, Sakutarō Hagiwara, and Hermann Harms. After her are Adolphe Grisel, Hernando Siles Reyes, Mariya Polivanova, Vladimir Burtsev, Frank Churchill, and Jakob van Hoddis.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, May Robson ranks 233 out of 1,143. Before her are Miles Franklin (1879), Joseph Jacobs (1854), Anthony LaPaglia (1959), Keith Michell (1926), Emilie de Ravin (1981), and Greg Egan (1961). After her are Brenda Jones (1936), Helen Reddy (1941), Lauren Jackson (1981), Zeljko Kalac (1972), Harry Hopman (1906), and Edward Duyker (1955).

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Among ACTORS In Australia

Among actors born in Australia, May Robson ranks 50. Before her are Barry Humphries (1934), Radha Mitchell (1973), Luke Hemsworth (1980), Anthony LaPaglia (1959), Keith Michell (1926), and Emilie de Ravin (1981). After her are Costas Mandylor (1965), Abbie Cornish (1982), Portia de Rossi (1973), Mia Wasikowska (1989), Teresa Palmer (1986), and Phoebe Tonkin (1989).

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