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Monty Woolley

1888 - 1963

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Edgar Montillion "Monty" Woolley (August 17, 1888 – May 6, 1963) was an American film and theater actor. At the age of 50, he achieved a measure of stardom for his role in the 1939 stage play The Man Who Came to Dinner and its 1942 film adaptation. His distinctive white beard was his trademark and he was affectionately known as "The Beard." Woolley was nominated twice for an Academy Award, for Best Actor in 1943 for The Pied Piper and for Best Supporting Actor in 1945 for Since You Went Away. He won a Best Actor award from the National Board of Review in 1942 for his role in The Pied Piper. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 27 in 2024). Monty Woolley is the 8,697th most popular actor (down from 8,212th in 2024), the 13,233rd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,138th in 2019) and the 4,052nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Monty Woolley ranks 8,697 out of 13,578. Before him are Tom Sturridge, Matt McCoy, Phil LaMarr, Lee Si-young, Lane Garrison, and Elizabeth Allan. After him are Barbara Bosson, Marcin Dorociński, Jasmin Tabatabai, Tony Hale, Melisa Sözen, and Mike Pollock.

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Among people born in 1888, Monty Woolley ranks 274. Before him are George B. Seitz, Lowell Sherman, Miles Mander, Miles Malleson, Paul Cavanagh, and Asaf Ali. After him are Clarence DeMar, Marguerite Marsh, Gabriel Thorstensen, Clemence Dane, John Crowe Ransom, and Thomas Sopwith. Among people deceased in 1963, Monty Woolley ranks 219. Before him are Gian Giorgio Trissino, Luis Pérez, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, Estes Kefauver, Thomas Griffith Taylor, and Oliver La Farge. After him are Ernie Davis, Hooley Smith, Louis MacNeice, Jack Hobbs, Jean Brooks, and Daniel O. Fagunwa.

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Among people born in United States, Monty Woolley ranks 13,237 out of 20,380. Before him are Phil LaMarr (1967), Bryan Stevenson (1959), Lane Garrison (1980), Adam Horowitz (1971), Rulon Gardner (1971), and Rory Kennedy (1968). After him are Barbara Bosson (1939), Calvin Murphy (1948), Mel Daniels (1944), Edie Brickell (1966), Tony Hale (1970), and Mike Pollock (1965).

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Among actors born in United States, Monty Woolley ranks 4,054. Before him are Rachel Keller (1992), Steve Howey (1977), Stephen Furst (1954), Matt McCoy (1958), Phil LaMarr (1967), and Lane Garrison (1980). After him are Barbara Bosson (1939), Tony Hale (1970), Mike Pollock (1965), Jean Muir (1911), Danny Thomas (1912), and Tim Reid (1944).

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