ACTOR

Charles Coburn

1877 - 1961

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Charles Douville Coburn (June 19, 1877 – August 30, 1961) was an American actor and theatrical producer. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award ("Oscar") three times – for The Devil and Miss Jones (1941), The More the Merrier (1943) and The Green Years (1946) – winning for his performance in The More the Merrier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Coburn has received more than 1,132,430 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Charles Coburn is the 2,227th most popular actor (up from 2,630th in 2019), the 3,570th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,221st in 2019) and the 1,025th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.1M

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  • 53.47

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  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Charles Coburn ranks 2,227 out of 13,578Before him are Diana Hyland, Shirley Knight, Ray Wise, Cameron Mitchell, James Fox, and Henry Czerny. After him are George Raft, William Atherton, Joe Viterelli, Jean Acker, Charles Martinet, and David Harbour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Charles Coburn ranks 86Before him are Carl Tanzler, Maximilian Voloshin, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, George Hackenschmidt, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, and Titta Ruffo. After him are Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, Charilaos Vasilakos, Isidora Sekulić, Viktor Dyk, and Mohammad Ali Foroughi. Among people deceased in 1961, Charles Coburn ranks 69Before him are Mihail Sadoveanu, Lucian Blaga, Andrzej Munk, Hubert Van Innis, Anton Flettner, and Kjeld Abell. After him are Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Arnold Gesell, Václav Talich, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Edith Wilson, and Joseph M. Schenck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Coburn ranks 3,570 out of 20,380Before him are Ray Wise (1947), Marcian Hoff (1937), Jeff Buckley (1966), Eric Dolphy (1928), Cameron Mitchell (1918), and David Stern (1942). After him are George Raft (1901), William Atherton (1947), Joe Viterelli (1937), Dave Grusin (1934), Rick Barry (1944), and Jean Acker (1893).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Charles Coburn ranks 1,025Before him are David Ogden Stiers (1942), Edmond O'Brien (1915), Diana Hyland (1936), Shirley Knight (1936), Ray Wise (1947), and Cameron Mitchell (1918). After him are George Raft (1901), William Atherton (1947), Joe Viterelli (1937), Jean Acker (1893), Charles Martinet (1955), and David Harbour (1975).