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Reta Shaw

1912 - 1982

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Reta Shaw (September 13, 1912 – January 8, 1982) was an American character actress known for playing strong, hard-edged, working women in film and on many of the most popular television programs of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. She may be best remembered as the housekeeper, Martha Grant, on the television series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and as the cook, Mrs. Brill, in the 1964 film Mary Poppins. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reta Shaw is the 4,993rd most popular actor (up from 5,621st in 2019), the 7,825th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,221st in 2019) and the 2,277th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Reta Shaw ranks 4,993 out of 13,578. Before her are Shelley Hack, Eva Rueber-Staier, Michael Beck, Sydney Sweeney, Amparo Baró, and Haifa Wehbe. After her are Maura Tierney, Gummo Marx, Robert Armstrong, Lori Singer, Vanessa Marcil, and Kevin McKidd.

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Among people born in 1912, Reta Shaw ranks 306. Before her are Gyula Polgár, Antal Szalay, Karl Kreutzberg, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Phạm Hùng, and Simón Lecue. After her are Ollie Johnston, Ruby Payne-Scott, Georgia Coleman, Dagny Carlsson, Juan Antonio Ipiña, and Gordon Parks. Among people deceased in 1982, Reta Shaw ranks 221. Before her are John Gardner, Marvin Stalder, Frank Séchehaye, Ben Nicholson, Raghunath Murmu, and Ruth First. After her are Frederick Terman, László Sternberg, Wiesław Maniak, Václav Mottl, Hermanni Pihlajamäki, and Vitaly Daraselia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Reta Shaw ranks 7,827 out of 20,380. Before her are Brent W. Jett Jr. (1958), Keri Russell (1976), Anita Page (1910), Shelley Hack (1947), Michael Beck (1949), and Sydney Sweeney (1997). After her are Maura Tierney (1965), Alfred G. Knudson (1922), Gummo Marx (1893), Robert Armstrong (1890), Lori Singer (1957), and Ollie Johnston (1912).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Reta Shaw ranks 2,278. Before her are Thelma Todd (1906), Keri Russell (1976), Anita Page (1910), Shelley Hack (1947), Michael Beck (1949), and Sydney Sweeney (1997). After her are Maura Tierney (1965), Gummo Marx (1893), Robert Armstrong (1890), Lori Singer (1957), Vanessa Marcil (1968), and Verna Bloom (1938).

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