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Michèle Morgan

1920 - 2016

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Michèle Morgan (French: [miʃɛl mɔʁɡan]; born Simone Renée Roussel; 29 February 1920 – 20 December 2016) was a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades in both French cinema and Hollywood features. She is considered one of the greatest French actresses of the 20th century. Morgan was the inaugural winner of the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1992, she was given an honorary César Award for her contributions to French cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michèle Morgan is the 625th most popular actor (down from 528th in 2019), the 1,101st most popular biography from France (down from 997th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Actor.

Michèle Morgan is most famous for her role in the French film Les Enfants du Paradis, which was directed by Marcel Carné.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michèle Morgan ranks 625 out of 13,578. Before her are Danielle Darrieux, Brendan Gleeson, Rex Harrison, Ken Watanabe, Joaquin Phoenix, and Jeffrey Wright. After her are Ingrid Thulin, Dick Clark, Faten Hamama, Halle Berry, Lance Henriksen, and Cornel Wilde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Michèle Morgan ranks 57. Before her are Ravi Shankar, Kaysone Phomvihane, Sergei Bondarchuk, Mickey Rooney, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and Gunnar Gren. After her are Alberto Sordi, E. Donnall Thomas, Jack Elam, Ștefan Kovács, Takashi Kano, and Shelley Winters. Among people deceased in 2016, Michèle Morgan ranks 61. Before her are Yasuo Takamori, Vesna Vulović, George Gaynes, Ahmed Zewail, Robert Vaughn, and Ray Tomlinson. After her are Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Marvin Minsky, Sonia Rykiel, René Angélil, Jacques Rivette, and Ettore Scola.

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Among people born in France, Michèle Morgan ranks 1,101 out of 6,770. Before her are Henriette of France (1727), Richard Avenarius (1843), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Cécile Chaminade (1857), Julien Green (1900), and Edmond Debeaumarché (1906). After her are Marie Duplessis (1824), Jules Renard (1864), Christina of Lorraine (1565), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), Villard de Honnecourt (1200), and Anne Marie d'Orléans (1669).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Michèle Morgan ranks 52. Before her are Bourvil (1917), Michael Lonsdale (1931), Claude Jade (1948), Jacques Perrin (1941), Stéphane Audran (1932), and Danielle Darrieux (1917). After her are Jean Rochefort (1930), Marion Cotillard (1975), Maurice Ronet (1927), Samy Naceri (1961), Dominique Sanda (1948), and Max Linder (1883).

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