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Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (died 2012)

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Born
April 29, 1917
Died
July 15, 2012
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1917

About Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm was an American 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) as well as for originating the role of Ado Annie in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! (1943). Holm's first professional theatrical role was in a production of Hamlet starring Leslie Howard. For her role in Gentleman's Agreement (1947), she won an Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

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Celeste Holm timeline

  1. 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).
  2. For her role in Gentleman's Agreement (1947), she won an Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

The world when Celeste Holm was born

Celeste Holm was born in 1917. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Celeste Holm's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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