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Tammy Grimes

1934 - 2016

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Tammy Lee Grimes (January 30, 1934 – October 30, 2016) was an American film and stage actress and singer. Grimes won two Tony Awards in her career, the first for originating the role of Molly Tobin in the musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown and the second for starring in a 1970 revival of Private Lives as Amanda Prynne. Her first husband, Christopher Plummer, and their daughter, actress Amanda Plummer, are also Tony Award winners. She originated the role of Diana in the Broadway production of California Suite. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Tammy Grimes is the 6,542nd most popular actor (down from 6,113th in 2024), the 10,134th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,969th in 2019) and the 3,012th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Tammy Grimes ranks 6,542 out of 13,578. Before her are Park Jin-young, Regina Hall, Julie Strain, Helene Costello, Balraj Sahni, and Rachelle Lefevre. After her are Denis Ménochet, Roopa Ganguly, Chen, Nicholas Tse, Missi Pyle, and Jens Hultén.

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Among people born in 1934, Tammy Grimes ranks 489. Before her are Gilbert Strang, Antonina Ryzhova, Jean Wendling, Willard Scott, Tamara Manina, and Calvin Lockhart. After her are Chris Bonington, Valentina Stenina, Pierre Joxe, Cedar Walton, George Ryan, and Léon Mébiame. Among people deceased in 2016, Tammy Grimes ranks 478. Before her are Denton Cooley, Douglas Slocombe, Kevin Randleman, Mariano Mores, Roger Dumas, and Bertil Roos. After her are Berta Cáceres, William Christopher, František Jakubec, Terence Bayler, Ali Beratlıgil, and Qandeel Baloch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tammy Grimes ranks 10,136 out of 20,380. Before her are Morten Lauridsen (1943), Julie Strain (1962), Walter Becker (1950), Bob Hayes (1942), Helene Costello (1906), and Machito (1912). After her are Bennett Miller (1966), Missi Pyle (1972), Justin McCarthy (1899), James Smith (1953), Gerard Way (1977), and Bernie Casey (1939).

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Among actors born in United States, Tammy Grimes ranks 3,013. Before her are Jennifer Syme (1972), Nicholas Colasanto (1924), Marcia Strassman (1948), Regina Hall (1970), Julie Strain (1962), and Helene Costello (1906). After her are Missi Pyle (1972), Bernie Casey (1939), Minta Durfee (1889), Bobbi Kristina Brown (1993), Mary Stuart Masterson (1966), and Eion Bailey (1976).

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