ACTOR

Celeste Holm

1917 - 2012

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Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American stage, film and television actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950). She also is known for her performances in The Snake Pit (1948), A Letter to Three Wives (1949), and High Society (1956). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Celeste Holm has received more than 1,673,561 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Celeste Holm is the 2,758th most popular actor (down from 2,543rd in 2019), the 4,281st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,075th in 2019) and the 1,248th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Celeste Holm ranks 2,758 out of 13,578. Before her are Roseanne Barr, Terry-Thomas, Palle Huld, Siegfried Rauch, Lesley Ann Warren, and Tony Todd. After her are Tomas Arana, Victor Wong, Leslie Phillips, Gila Almagor, Delroy Lindo, and Paulette Dubost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Celeste Holm ranks 169. Before her are Ivan Bodiul, Imre Németh, Olga Sanfirova, Bertil Nordahl, Aníbal Paz, and Dmitry Belyayev. After her are Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, M. G. Ramachandran, Lena Horne, Abdullah al-Sallal, André Waterkeyn, and Yuri Lyubimov. Among people deceased in 2012, Celeste Holm ranks 183. Before her are Christian Marin, Harry Carey Jr., Albert George Wilson, Jean Laplanche, Albert O. Hirschman, and Ervin Zádor. After her are Pierre Mondy, José María Zárraga, Claude Pinoteau, Leonardo Favio, Kurt Adolff, and Donald "Duck" Dunn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Celeste Holm ranks 4,281 out of 20,380. Before her are Burt Kennedy (1922), Amber Lynn (1964), Minnie Riperton (1947), J. J. Johnson (1924), Lesley Ann Warren (1946), and Tony Todd (1954). After her are Tomas Arana (1955), Victor Wong (1927), Beals Wright (1879), Lysander Spooner (1808), Thurgood Marshall (1908), and Sanford B. Dole (1844).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Celeste Holm ranks 1,248. Before her are Chris Hardwick (1971), Connie Booth (1944), Wallace Beery (1885), Roseanne Barr (1952), Lesley Ann Warren (1946), and Tony Todd (1954). After her are Tomas Arana (1955), Victor Wong (1927), Kristanna Loken (1979), Eve Meyer (1928), Cathy O'Donnell (1923), and Lynn Cohen (1933).

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Television and Movie Roles

All About Eve
Karen Richards
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Nov 9th 19508.098 / 10
3 Men and a Baby
Jack's Mother
Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.
Nov 27th 19876.204 / 10
Gentleman's Agreement
Anne Dettrey
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
Nov 11th 19476.9 / 10