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William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 and the Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1974. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961) and appeared on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years…100 Stars list as #25 ...
Apr 17, 2018 · William Holden’s death in 1981, aged just 63, carried the sting of inevitability following his long battle with alcohol abuse.Hitting his head on a table in his apartment while drunk, his demise was all the more tragic given the career renaissance of his last decade or so.
William Holden was born William Franklin Beedle, Jr. on April 17, 1918 in O’Fallon, Illinois, USA to William Franklin Beedle, Sr. who worked as an industrial chemist. His mother Mary Blanche Ball was a schoolteacher. His had two younger brothers named Robert and Richard. His family was quite wealthy and moved from O’Fallon to South Pasadena ...
William Holden. Highest Rated: 100% Executive Suite (1954) Lowest Rated: 0% When Time Ran Out (1980) Birthday: Apr 17, 1918. Birthplace: O'Fallon, Illinois, USA. Few Hollywood actors have conveyed ...
Dec 27, 2022 · In the opening scene of the 1950 film "Sunset Boulevard," the cynical screenwriter turned gigolo Joe Gillis lies floating in a swimming pool, blood seeping from his lifeless body. Thirty-one years later, the actor who played Gillis, William Holden, met his end. But it wasn't a bullet from the gun of an aging movie queen that tragically ended ...
William Holden (April 17, 1918 - November 12, 1981) was an American actor. He was born in O'Fallon, Illinois on April 17 1918 and moved to South Pasadena, California when he was three. He was a star during the golden age of Hollywood. He began his career western movies, including Arizona and Texas. Holden starred in The Man from Colorado and ...
Nov 12, 2013 · William Holden went places. In movies and in life he was always on the move. From his first film role as an extra in Prison Farm in 1938, to his final notable role in Network (1976), he was a ...
