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Shirley Booth

1898 - 1992

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Shirley Booth (born Marjory Ford; August 30, 1898 – October 16, 1992) was an American actress. One of 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, Booth was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Tony Awards. Primarily a theater actress, Booth began her career on Broadway in 1915. Her most significant success was as Lola Delaney, in the drama Come Back, Little Sheba, for which she received her second Tony Award in 1950 (she would go on to win three). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shirley Booth is the 3,901st most popular actor (up from 4,225th in 2019), the 6,328th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,223rd in 2019) and the 1,821st most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shirley Booth ranks 3,901 out of 13,578. Before her are Lupe Ontiveros, Edie Falco, Mikhail Shchepkin, Warwick Davis, Michael Gothard, and Dorian Gray. After her are Zhanna Prokhorenko, Raoul Bova, Isuzu Yamada, Otto Waalkes, Verne Troyer, and Vera Glagoleva.

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Among people born in 1898, Shirley Booth ranks 187. Before her are Masuji Ibuse, Jan Brzechwa, Yitzhak Kaduri, Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, Lily Pons, and Hal B. Wallis. After her are Tang Enbo, Philippe Hériat, Katarzyna Kobro, Therese Giehse, Nils Engdahl, and Renée Adorée. Among people deceased in 1992, Shirley Booth ranks 170. Before her are Vakhtang Chabukiani, Joan Mitchell, Buddy Rogers, Chuck Connors, Giuseppe Olmo, and Michael Gothard. After her are Robert Berdella, Silviu Bindea, Bep van Klaveren, Rosemary Sutcliff, Harald Sæverud, and Sergey Obraztsov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Booth ranks 6,329 out of 20,380. Before her are Grant Green (1935), Carl Scarborough (1914), Pauline Kael (1919), Kathy Ellis (1946), James Blake (1979), and William Gaddis (1922). After her are Tucker Carlson (1969), Melanie Martinez (1995), Charles Shyer (1951), Verne Troyer (1969), Henry L. Giclas (1910), and Alice Pike Barney (1857).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Shirley Booth ranks 1,821. Before her are Rosario Dawson (1979), Leslie Uggams (1943), Kenneth Mars (1935), Rosie O'Donnell (1962), Lupe Ontiveros (1942), and Edie Falco (1963). After her are Verne Troyer (1969), Sharon Gless (1943), Rainn Wilson (1966), Thomas Lennon (1970), Tom Ewell (1909), and Lukas Haas (1976).

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