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Ossie Davis

1917 - 2005

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Ossie Davis (born Raiford Chatman Davis; December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He was married to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently performed, until his death. He received numerous accolades including an Emmy, a Grammy and a Writers Guild of America Award as well as nominations for four additional Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and Tony Award. Davis was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994 and received the National Medal of Arts in 1995, Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ossie Davis is the 3,927th most popular actor (up from 4,008th in 2019), the 6,367th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,969th in 2019) and the 1,832nd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ossie Davis ranks 3,927 out of 13,578Before him are Park Shin-hye, Clifton Webb, Edith Evans, Jack Albertson, Bradley Whitford, and Ilse Steppat. After him are Susanne Lothar, Jim Cummings, Brian G. Hutton, Kevin Dunn, Jason Beghe, and Desi Arnaz Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Ossie Davis ranks 218Before him are Kusuo Kitamura, Leandro Remondini, Isuzu Yamada, Marion Donovan, Robert Fano, and Ilse Steppat. After him are Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Miroslav Brozović, Fritz Honegger, Bagrat Shinkuba, Torsten Lindberg, and Johannes Bobrowski. Among people deceased in 2005, Ossie Davis ranks 199Before him are Robin Cook, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Dorothy Stang, John Ostrom, Mustai Karim, and Sunil Dutt. After him are Vladimir Toporov, Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, Jan Pieter Schotte, Abdallah Ibrahim, Sverre Stenersen, and Pierre Daninos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ossie Davis ranks 6,368 out of 20,380Before him are Billy Cox (1939), Clifton Webb (1889), Bryce DeWitt (1923), Jack Albertson (1907), Bradley Whitford (1959), and Frank Frazetta (1928). After him are Alice Coachman (1923), Jim Cummings (1952), J. Lawton Collins (1896), Ty Dolla Sign (1985), Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823), and Larry Coryell (1943).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ossie Davis ranks 1,832Before him are Tom Ewell (1909), Lukas Haas (1976), Charmian Carr (1942), Clifton Webb (1889), Jack Albertson (1907), and Bradley Whitford (1959). After him are Jim Cummings (1952), Brian G. Hutton (1935), Kevin Dunn (1956), Jason Beghe (1960), Desi Arnaz Jr. (1953), and Judith Light (1949).