Popular stars of 1955

This is a list of popular celebrities of the year 1955. 1955 was a year of many significant movies as [[The Man with the Golden Arm]], [[Guys and Dolls]], [[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film)|Love is a Many Splendored Thing]], [[Love Me or Leave Me (film)|Love Me or Leave Me]], [[Bad Day at Black Rock]], [[Not as a Stranger]], [[The Seven Year Itch]], [[It's Always Fair Weather]] [[Blackboard Jungle]] and more.
[[File:Monroe sings from the trailer of Niagra.jpg|thumb|right|325px|[[Marilyn Monroe]] was a very popular movie star of time.]]
[[File:Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet in Casablanca crop .jpg|thumb|right|325px|[[Humphrey Bogart]] was highly considered to most people as the best actor of the time.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Age
! Notes
!Occupation
! ACTIVE since
|-
| [[Humphrey Bogart]]
| 1899-1957 was 55 until Dec 25
| This year made 3 movies [[The Left Hand of God]], [[The Desperate Hours (film)|The Desperate Hours]] and [[Were no Angels]].
| [[Actor]]
| 1920, made first feature film in 1930 got famous after [[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]] and [[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]] in the early 1940s.
|-
| [[Gene Kelly]]
| 1912-1996 was 43
| Danced in roller skates in film [[It's Always Fair Weather]].
| [[Dancer]], actor, [[Singer]]
| 1930s, made first film in 1942, [[For Me and My Gal (film)|For Me and My Gal]]
|-
| [[Marilyn Monroe]]
| 1926-1962 was 29
| Made the film [[The Seven Year Itch]]
| Actress, [[Model (person)|model]]
| First film work was in 1947, got famous in early 1950s.
|-
| [[Frank Sinatra]]
| 1915-1998 was 39 until Dec 12
| This year made 4 films [[Not As a Stranger]], [[The Man with the Golden Arm]], [[Guys and Dolls]] and [[The Tender Trap (film)|The Tender Trap]], which would introduce hit song [[(Love is) The Tender Trap]].
| [[Singer]], actor
| Active since 1935, first hit was song [[I'll Never Smile Again]] in 1940
|-
| [[Bing Crosby]]
| 1903-1977 was 52
|
| Singer, actor
| Active since 1926 got notable in the early 1930s with the help of motion pictures
|-
| [[Jerry Lewis]]
| 1927-today was 28
| was paired with singer [[Dean Martin]] as a comedy act at time.
| [[Comedian]]
| got famous when paired with Martin in 1946
|-
| [[Dean Martin]]
| 1917-1995 was 38
| Was a straight man to comedian [[Jerry Lewis]]. Starred in film [[Artist and Models]]. Also hit song [[Memories Are Made of This]] was released.
| Singer, comedian, actor
| Active since 1940s, got famous in 1946 when paired with Jerry Lewis, but would leave Lewis in 1956 and would still have fame after
|-
| [[Spencer Tracy]]
| 1900-1967 was 55
| Starred in film [[Bad Day at Black Rock]]
| Actor
| Made first film in 1930
|-
| [[Bettie Page]]
| 1923-2008 was 32
|
| Model
| 1940s
|-
| [[Fred Astaire]]
|1899-1987 was 56
| starred in film [[Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)|Daddy Long Legs]]
| Dancer, singer, actor
| Early 1900s
|-
| [[William Holden]]
| 1918-1981 was 37
| Starred in film [[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]
| Actor
| Made first film in 1939
|-
| [[Phil Silvers]]
| 1911-1985 was 44
|
| [[Comedian]]
| made first film in 1937
|-
| [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
| 1928-2010 was 27
|
| Singer, actor (made few movies)
| Got famous in the 1950s
|-
| [[Kim Novak]]
| 1934-today was 21
| Starred with Frank Sinatra in [[The Man with the Golden Arm]] and William Holden in Picnic.
| Actress
| Got famous in the 1950s
|-
| [[Grace Kelly]]
| 1929-1982 was 26
|
| Actress
| Got famous in early 50s
|-
| [[Elizabeth Taylor]]
| 1932-2011 was 23
|
| Actress
| Got famous in 1940s
|-
| [[Debbie Reynolds]]
| 1932-today
| Starred with Frank Sinatra in film [[The Tender Trap (film)|The Tender Trap]]. Sinatra and Reynolds sang song (Love is) the Tender Trap.
| Actress, singer (sang mostly in the 50s and 60s)
| Active since late 40s
|-
| [[Lauren Bacall]]
| 1924-today was 31
| Married to actor [[Humphrey Bogart]]
| Actress
| Active since early 1940s
|-
| [[Cyd Charisse]]
| 1921-2007 was 34
| Starred with [[Gene Kelly]] in [[It's Always Fair Weather]].
| Actress, Dancer
| Active since 1940s
|-
| [[Audrey Hepburn]]
| 1929-1993 was 26
|
| Actress
| Got famous when starred with [[Gregory Peck]] in [[Roman Holiday]] in 1953
|-
| [[Ava Gardner]]
| 1922-1990 was 33
| Was at the time married to Frank Sinatra, but they wasn't getting so went separate ways and would divorce in 1957.
| Actress
| Active since 1940s
|-
| [[Perry Como]]
| 1912-2011 was 43
| At the time had his own television program. Before television he was in four movies, [[Something for the Boys (film)|Something for the Boys]], [[Doll Face]], If I'm Lucky and [[Words and Music]], but Perry didn't like playing other people so in 1948 he went to television.
| Singer, actor (made 4 movies)
| 1932, got famous around 1943
|-
| [[Tony Bennett]]
| 1926-today was 29
|
| Singer
| 1940s
|-
| [[Jack Benny]]
| 1894-1974 was 61
| Had his own television program that would last ten more years.
| [[Comedian]]
| In Vaudeville in early 1900s
|-
| [[Bob Hope]]
| 1903-2003 52
| Was in movies and television.
| Comedian
| Early 1900s in [[Vaudeville]]
|-
| [[Ed Sullivan]]
| 1901-1974 was 54
| Had long running television program, today his theatre is runner by [[David Letterman]].
| Television personality
| 1930s
|-
| [[George Burns]]
| 1896-1996 was 59
|
| Comedian
| Early 1900s in Vaudeville
|-
| [[Gracie Allen]]
| 1895-1964 was 60
|
| Comedian
| Early 1900s with husband [[George Burns]]
|-
| [[Milton Berle]]
| 1908–2002
|
| Comedian
| Early 1900s in vaudeville
|-
| [[James Stewart]]
| 1908-1997 was 47
|
| Actor
| 1930s
|-
| [[Doris Day]]
| 1924-today was 31
| Played [[Ruth Etting]] in [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] film [[Love Me or Leave Me (film)|Love Me or Leave Me]].
| Singer, actress
| 1940s
|-
| [[James Cagney]]
| 1899-1986 was 56
| Starred in [[Love Me or Leave Me (film)|Love Me or Leave Me]] and [[Mister Roberts (1955 film)|Mister Roberts]].
| Actor, dancer (mostly known as an actor, but started as a dancer until [[Warner Brothers]] gave him a new image as a gangster actor, but Cagney danced in few films)
| 1920s
|-
| [[Henry Fonda]]
| 1905-1982 was 50
| Starred in [[Mister Roberts (1955 film)|Mister Roberts]]
| Actor
| First film was in 1935
|-
| [[Fred MacMurray]]
| 1908–1991
|
| Actor
| 1930s
|-
| [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]
| 1925-1981 was 30
| Hit song [[Rock Around the Clock]] was in film [[Blackboard Jungle]].
| Singer, actor (was in film Rock Around the Clock a year later)
| 1950s
|-
| [[Betty Grable]]
| 1916-1973 was 39
|
| Actress, singer
| Made her first film in 1929
|-
| [[Red Skelton]]
| 1913-1997 was 43
|
| Comedian
| Got famous in the early 1940s
|-
| [[Groucho Marx]]
| 1890-1977 was 65
| Television program [[You Bet Your Life]]
| Comedian
| Vaudeville, early 1900s
|-
| [[Lucille Ball]] and [[Desi Arnaz]]
| Lucy (1911–1989) was 44 Desi (1917–1986) was 38
| Television program [[I Love Lucy]] and movies.
| Lucy was an actress and comedian and Desi was an Actor and Comedian
| Both in 1930s and 40s
|-
| [[Nat King Cole]]
| 1919-1965 was 27
|
| Singer, actor
| 1940s
|-
| [[The Four Lads]]
| Varried
|
| Singers
| 1950s
|-
| [[Edward G. Robinson]]
| 1893-1973 was 61 until December 12
| Starred in [[A Bullet for Joey]] with [[George Raft]].
| Actor
| Done extra work in films in the 1910s
|-
| [[Glenn Ford]]
| 1916-2006 was 39
| Starred in [[Blackboard Jungle]]
| Actor
| 1940s
|-
| [[Robert Mitchum]]
| 1917-1997 was 38
| Starred in [[The Night of the Hunter (film)|The Night of the Hunter]]
| Actor
| Got famous in 1940s
|-
| [[Kirk Douglas]]
| 1917-today was 38
|
| Actor
| 1940s
|-
| [[Cary Grant]]
| 1904-1986 was 51
| Starred in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s [[To Catch a Thief]].
| Actor
| First film was [[This is the Night]] in 1932
|-
| [[Gregory Peck]]
| 1916-2003 was 39
|
| Actor
| Got famous in 1940s
|-
| [[Alfred Hitchcock]]
| 1899-1980 was 56
|
| Producer and director
| 1920s (started in silent cinema)
|-
| [[Vincent Price]]
| 1911-1993 was 44
|
| Actor
| First film in 1938
|-

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