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Noor Jehan

1926 - 2000

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Noor Jehan (21 September 1926 – 23 December 2000) was a Pakistani playback singer and actress who worked in both British India and later in Pakistan's cinema. Her career lasted over six decades, during which she recorded 10,000 songs. Jehan had proficiency in Hindustani classical music, as well as in other genres such as Punjabi and Sindhi. She made her directorial debut with the film Chann Wey in 1951, becoming the first female film director in Pakistan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Noor Jehan is the 6,699th most popular actor (down from 5,288th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Pakistani Actor.

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Among actors, Noor Jehan ranks 6,699 out of 13,578. Before her are Ivan Moskvin, Im Soo-jung, Moira Shearer, Jeon Mi-seon, Aleksei Guskov, and Laura Flores. After her are Ethan Phillips, Janine Turner, Asia Kate Dillon, Jaime Murray, Dan Lauria, and Jakob Cedergren.

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Among people born in 1926, Noor Jehan ranks 470. Before her are Ernst Larsen, José Manuel Caballero, Joe Verdeur, Ernest Mühlen, Göta Pettersson, and Moira Shearer. After her are Rawya Ateya, Larissa Volpert, Don Gordon, W. Michael Blumenthal, Peter Zadek, and Paolo Magnani. Among people deceased in 2000, Noor Jehan ranks 312. Before her are Charles Hartshorne, G. Ledyard Stebbins, Kirsty MacColl, Clifford Truesdell, Charles F. Hockett, and Joan Hartigan. After her are Humberto Donoso, Anthony Powell, Lewis Wilson, Diógenes Domínguez, Usha Mehta, and Kurt Schmid.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Noor Jehan ranks 115 out of 217. Before her are Parveen Shakir (1952), Balraj Sahni (1913), Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929), Ali Zafar (1980), Qandeel Baloch (1990), and Iqbal Masih (1983). After her are Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950), Prem Chopra (1935), Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (1931), Sadhana Shivdasani (1941), Abdul Hamid (1927), and Asma Barlas (1950).

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Among ACTORS In Pakistan

Among actors born in Pakistan, Noor Jehan ranks 19. Before her are Margaret Lockwood (1916), Raaj Kumar (1926), Manorama (1926), Balraj Sahni (1913), Ali Zafar (1980), and Qandeel Baloch (1990). After her are Prem Chopra (1935), Sadhana Shivdasani (1941), Fawad Khan (1981), Sultan Rahi (1938), Suraiya (1929), and A. K. Hangal (1915).

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