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Stanley Holloway

1890 - 1982

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Stanley Augustus Holloway (1 October 1890 – 30 January 1982) was an English actor, comedian, singer and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady. He was also renowned for his comic monologues and songs, which he performed and recorded throughout most of his 70-year career. Born in London, Holloway pursued a career as a clerk in his teen years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Stanley Holloway is the 6,066th most popular actor (down from 5,106th in 2024), the 4,680th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,871st in 2019) and the 694th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Stanley Holloway ranks 6,065 out of 13,578. Before him are Dev Patel, Agnès Jaoui, Raaj Kumar, Amy Acker, and Elizabeth Debicki. After him are Hilary Duff, Tina Louise, Sumi Shimamoto, Gisela May, Danny Lloyd, James Nesbitt, and Jeremy Piven.

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Among people born in 1890, Stanley Holloway ranks 220. Before him are Béla Las-Torres, Arthur O'Hara Wood, Stratis Myrivilis, Robert Ripley, Edward Arnold, and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. After him are Verna Felton, Néstor Guillén, Colin Carruthers, Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia, Bess Meredyth, and Virginie Hériot. Among people deceased in 1982, Stanley Holloway ranks 264. Before him are Virginia Bruce, Phyllis Covell, Salvador Sánchez, Claudio Barrientos, Satchel Paige, and Dieter Borsche. After him are Leo Losert, Boris Chirkov, John Cody, Hércules de Miranda, Gopal Swarup Pathak, and Celia Johnson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stanley Holloway ranks 4,681 out of 8,785. Before him are Ray Wilkins (1956), Ed Stafford (1975), Dev Patel (1990), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), Luke Young (1979), and Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779). After him are John Prescott (1938), Joe Fry (1915), Amos Burn (1848), James Nesbitt (1965), James Collinson (1825), and Thomas Tomkins (1572).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Stanley Holloway ranks 694. Before him are Gary Daniels (1963), David Walliams (1971), Maud Gonne (1866), Kate Barry (1967), Amira Casar (1971), and Dev Patel (1990). After him are James Nesbitt (1965), Rebecca Hall (1982), Barry Foster (1931), Ray Park (1974), Patricia Bredin (1935), and Linus Roache (1964).

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