ACTOR

Gloria Grahame

1923 - 1981

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Gloria Grahame (born Gloria Penelope Hallward; November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981) was an American actress. She began her acting career in theater, and in 1944 made her first film for MGM. Many biographies indicated she was born Gloria Grahame Hallward but she adopted the surname Grahame, her mother's acting name, as her professional name. She was raised a Methodist. Despite a featured role in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success and sold her contract to RKO. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gloria Grahame has received more than 5,733,694 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Gloria Grahame is the 1,511th most popular actor (down from 1,172nd in 2019), the 2,549th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,099th in 2019) and the 703rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 48

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  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gloria Grahame ranks 1,511 out of 13,578. Before her are Madeleine Béjart, William Dieterle, Guy Marchand, Sean Young, Rick Moranis, and Jean-Gaspard Deburau. After her are Edward Herrmann, James Remar, Philippe Leroy, Kaspar Capparoni, Alisa Freindlich, and Robert Downey Sr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Gloria Grahame ranks 119. Before her are Svetozar Gligorić, Dimitrios Ioannidis, Igor Shafarevich, Carlos Páez Vilaró, Ziba Ganiyeva, and Andrés Rodríguez. After her are Wally Schirra, Alexander Yakovlev, Koji Miyata, Antonio Quarracino, Zlatko Čajkovski, and Judith Kerr. Among people deceased in 1981, Gloria Grahame ranks 63. Before her are Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Josep Pla, Giuseppe Pella, Lotte Reiniger, Gunichi Mikawa, and Valeri Kharlamov. After her are Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Melvyn Douglas, D. R. Bendre, Ferruccio Parri, Jean Eustache, and Ziaur Rahman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gloria Grahame ranks 2,549 out of 20,380. Before her are Philo Farnsworth (1906), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), Sean Young (1959), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), Richard Brautigan (1935), and James L. Brooks (1940). After her are Edward Herrmann (1943), Stephen Sondheim (1930), James Remar (1953), Robert Downey Sr. (1936), John Sculley (1939), and Archie Moore (1916).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gloria Grahame ranks 703. Before her are Chris Pine (1980), Tom Sizemore (1961), Xander Berkeley (1955), Earl Boen (1945), Barbara Bain (1931), and Sean Young (1959). After her are Edward Herrmann (1943), James Remar (1953), Robert Downey Sr. (1936), Donna Murphy (1959), Sarah Wayne Callies (1977), and Ralph Waite (1928).

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Television and Movie Roles

It's a Wonderful Life
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A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
Dec 20th 19468.3 / 10
In a Lonely Place
Laurel Gray
A screenwriter with a violent temper is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
May 17th 19507.578 / 10
The Big Heat
Debby Marsh
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
Oct 14th 19537.6 / 10