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Adrienne Shelly

1966 - 2006

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Adrienne Shelly (née Levine; June 24, 1966 – November 1, 2006) was an American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She gained recognition for her roles in independent films, particularly Hal Hartley's The Unbelievable Truth (1989) and Trust (1990). She later wrote, directed, and co-starred in Waitress (2007), which was released posthumously and later adapted into a Broadway musical. On November 1, 2006, Shelly was found dead in her Manhattan office. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Adrienne Shelly is the 9,629th most popular actor (down from 8,847th in 2024), the 14,399th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,025th in 2019) and the 4,479th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Adrienne Shelly ranks 9,629 out of 13,578. Before her are Anja Kling, Birgit Minichmayr, Jerome Cowan, Samara Weaving, Stephen Fung, and Pamela Franklin. After her are Lynn Carlin, Cheyenne Jackson, Lara Pulver, David Anders, Josef Hader, and Jill Eikenberry.

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Among people born in 1966, Adrienne Shelly ranks 641. Before her are Jean-Jacques Eydelie, Fatma Şahin, Olaf Zinke, Conny Aerts, Peter Outerbridge, and Meldrick Taylor. After her are Neto, Stefan Rehn, Garry Conille, Michihisa Date, Joshua Malina, and Peter DeLuise. Among people deceased in 2006, Adrienne Shelly ranks 403. Before her are Nandini Satpathy, Esther Victoria Abraham, J Dilla, Isaac Gálvez, Noor Hassanali, and Sarah Caldwell. After her are Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Kenneth Richmond, Martha Tilton, Henry M. Morris, John Tenta, and Raja Rao.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adrienne Shelly ranks 14,403 out of 20,380. Before her are Ryan Newman (1977), Virgil Hill (1964), Tony Evers (1951), Jad Fair (1954), Jerome Cowan (1897), and Meldrick Taylor (1966). After her are Lynn Carlin (1938), Cheyenne Jackson (1975), Matthew Shepard (1976), David Anders (1981), David Payne (1982), and Jill Eikenberry (1947).

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Among actors born in United States, Adrienne Shelly ranks 4,481. Before her are Sean Faris (1982), Julianne Phillips (1960), Camila Morrone (1997), Shawn Pyfrom (1986), Angus T. Jones (1993), and Jerome Cowan (1897). After her are Lynn Carlin (1938), Cheyenne Jackson (1975), David Anders (1981), Jill Eikenberry (1947), Steve Brodie (1919), and Naomi Grossman (1975).

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