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Farrah Fawcett

1947 - 2009

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Farrah Leni Fawcett (born Ferrah Leni Fawcett; February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was an American actress. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she played a starring role in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels. Fawcett began her career in the 1960s appearing in commercials and guest roles on television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farrah Fawcett has received more than 17,474,623 page views. Her biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Farrah Fawcett is the 286th most popular actor (up from 307th in 2019), the 526th most popular biography from United States (up from 559th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular American Actor.

She is most famous for her role as private investigator Jill Munroe in the television series Charlie's Angels.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Farrah Fawcett ranks 286 out of 13,578. Before her are Kurt Russell, William Holden, Christopher Reeve, Pola Negri, Nathalie Delon, and Michael Keaton. After her are Rudolph Valentino, Sophie Marceau, Sonny Chiba, Anthony Perkins, Thespis, and Jeff Bridges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Farrah Fawcett ranks 33. Before her are France Gall, Iggy Pop, Carlos Santana, Robert Kiyosaki, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, and Glenn Close. After her are Herman Van Rompuy, Tom Clancy, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Gloria Gaynor, Sam Neill, and Rob Rensenbrink. Among people deceased in 2009, Farrah Fawcett ranks 14. Before her are Roh Moo-hyun, Aage Bohr, Omar Bongo, Pina Bausch, Maurice Jarre, and David Carradine. After her are Abdurrahman Wahid, Mercedes Sosa, Karl Malden, Les Paul, Raúl Alfonsín, and Robert McNamara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Farrah Fawcett ranks 526 out of 20,380. Before her are Christopher Reeve (1952), Carroll Shelby (1923), Sydney Pollack (1934), Charlie Parker (1920), Kip Thorne (1940), and Michael Keaton (1951). After her are Alice Cooper (1948), Chester A. Arthur (1829), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Tom Clancy (1947), and Alvin Toffler (1928).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Farrah Fawcett ranks 143. Before her are Demi Moore (1962), Liza Minnelli (1946), Kurt Russell (1951), William Holden (1918), Christopher Reeve (1952), and Michael Keaton (1951). After her are Anthony Perkins (1932), Jeff Bridges (1949), Tobin Bell (1942), Janet Leigh (1927), Ernest Borgnine (1917), and Raquel Welch (1940).

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Saturn 3
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Logan's Run
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