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Billie Whitelaw

1932 - 2014

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Billie Honor Whitelaw (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English actress. She worked in close collaboration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and was regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of his works. She was also known for her portrayal of Mrs Baylock, the demonic nanny in the 1976 horror film The Omen. Whitelaw was nominated for three Television BAFTAs, winning two, in 1961 and 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Billie Whitelaw is the 4,945th most popular actor (down from 3,744th in 2024), the 4,035th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,028th in 2019) and the 571st most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Billie Whitelaw ranks 4,945 out of 13,578. Before her are Alba Flores, Iya Savvina, Park Bo-young, Ji Sung, Val Avery, and Ulrich Matthes. After her are Annabelle Wallis, Riteish Deshmukh, Marianne Hoppe, Song Jae-rim, Camille Keaton, and Oleg Taktarov.

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Among people born in 1932, Billie Whitelaw ranks 369. Before her are Eddy Wally, Stéphane Bruey, Robert B. Parker, Clifton Williams, Gavril Dejeu, and Aleksandr Belyavsky. After her are Ben Bova, Brian Murphy, Vasili Kuznetsov, Cesare Perdisa, Paul Anderson, and Bronius Kutavičius. Among people deceased in 2014, Billie Whitelaw ranks 352. Before her are Tony Crook, Ara Shiraz, Sid Caesar, Mary Stewart, Tony Benn, and Bobby Womack. After her are Cheo Feliciano, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Sándor Rozsnyói, Bengt Eriksson, Gyude Bryant, and Ernie Terrell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Billie Whitelaw ranks 4,036 out of 8,785. Before her are John Shakespeare (1530), Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), Tom Walkinshaw (1946), Harry Mallin (1892), Hugh Falconer (1808), and Joe Allen (1990). After her are Annabelle Wallis (1984), David Morrissey (1964), Shirley Eaton (1937), John Farnham (1949), Anthony D. Smith (1939), and Bert Jansch (1943).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Billie Whitelaw ranks 571. Before her are Mark Lindsay Chapman (1954), Jane March (1973), Angus Macfadyen (1963), Michael Rennie (1909), Ian McNeice (1950), and James Donald (1917). After her are Annabelle Wallis (1984), David Morrissey (1964), Shirley Eaton (1937), Brian Murphy (1932), Patrick Malahide (1945), and Robert Douglas (1909).

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