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Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn, American actor (died 1961)

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Born
June 19, 1877
Died
August 30, 1961
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1877

About Charles Coburn

Charles Douville Coburn was an American actor and theatrical producer. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award 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. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for his contribution to the film industry. He later became an actor, making his debut on Broadway in 1901. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Benjamin Dingle in The More the Merrier in 1943. The Name Below the Title: 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.).

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Charles Coburn timeline

  1. He later became an actor, making his debut on Broadway in 1901.
  2. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award 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.
  3. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Benjamin Dingle in The More the Merrier in 1943.

The world when Charles Coburn was born

Charles Coburn was born in 1877. 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.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction ends — federal troops leave the South
  • Technology milestoneThomas Edison invents the phonograph
  • Notable inventionPhonograph — talking machine
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRutherford B. Hayes
  • U.S. population44.2M

1877 versus 2026

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

Measure18772026
Population44.2M341 million

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