
William Holden is an actor, television actor, film actor (United States).
William Franklin Holden (né Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for The Blue Knight (1973). Holden starred in some of Hollywood's most popular and critically acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), Picnic (1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Wild Bunch (1969) and Network (1976). He was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961), and appeared as 25th on the American Film Institute's list of 25 greatest male stars of Classical Hollywood cinema.
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| Born | 17 April 1918 |
| Profession | actor, television actor, film actor |
| Nationality | United States |
| Educated at | Pasadena City College, South Pasadena High School |
| Spouse | Brenda Marshall |
| Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Academy Award for Best Actor, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Cancer |
| Nakshatra | Punarvasu (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Aries |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Virgo |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 666 Hollywood personalities with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 57 of them (9%) have the Moon in Cancer, like William Holden, and 23 (3%) share the Punarvasu Nakshatra — the #17 most common Moon Nakshatra among Hollywood personalities, where Dhanishta leads with 31 (5%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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William Holden was born on 17 April 1918. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
William Holden's Moon sign (Rashi) is Cancer and the Nakshatra is Punarvasu, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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