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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Holloway is the 6,050th most popular actor (down from 5,107th in 2019), the 4,679th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,872nd in 2019) and the 693rd most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Stanley Holloway ranks 6,050 out of 13,578Before him are Jeanne Cooper, Dev Patel, Agnès Jaoui, Raaj Kumar, Amy Acker, and Elizabeth Debicki. After him are Hilary Duff, Tina Louise, Sumi Shimamoto, Gisela May, Danny Lloyd, and James Nesbitt.

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Among people born in 1890, Stanley Holloway ranks 220Before 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 264Before 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 4,680 out of 8,785Before 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).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Stanley Holloway ranks 693Before him are Owain Yeoman (1978), Gary Daniels (1963), David Walliams (1971), Maud Gonne (1866), 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).