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Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver, American actress (died 1942)

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Born
November 9, 1883
Died
November 9, 1942
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1883

About Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters. The Name Below the Title: 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (softcover) (First ed.). However, Oliver quickly became ill and her role was taken over by her friend Mary Boland.

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The world when Edna May Oliver was born

Edna May Oliver was born in 1883. 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 headlineBrooklyn Bridge opens after 14 years of construction
  • Technology milestoneFirst standardized time zones adopted
  • World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population52.8M

1883 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Edna May Oliver's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18832026
Population52.8M341 million

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