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Adrienne Barbeau

1945 - Today

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Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress and author. She came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay (played by Bea Arthur) on the sitcom Maude (1972–1978). In 1980, she began appearing in horror and science fiction films, including The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), Creepshow (1982), and Swamp Thing (1982). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrienne Barbeau has received more than 6,572,873 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Adrienne Barbeau is the 2,687th most popular actor (up from 2,973rd in 2019), the 4,188th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,662nd in 2019) and the 1,220th most popular American Actor.

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  • 6.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Adrienne Barbeau ranks 2,687 out of 13,578. Before her are Sunil Dutt, Tamara Toumanova, Moses Gunn, Don Adams, Jackie Earle Haley, and Patrick Troughton. After her are Ray Cooney, Jüri Järvet, Harrison Ford, Anne Francis, Alexandra Daddario, and Lois Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Adrienne Barbeau ranks 279. Before her are Sylvester Levay, David D. Friedman, Pietro Grasso, Sammy Gravano, Rüdiger Safranski, and Bruno Nuytten. After her are Prawit Wongsuwon, Zdeňka Vávrová, Jim Davis, Ali Akbar Velayati, Leif G. W. Persson, and Jean-Claude Izzo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adrienne Barbeau ranks 4,188 out of 20,380. Before her are Joe Walsh (1947), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), Alice Coltrane (1937), Black Elk (1863), Robert Sapolsky (1957), and Friz Freleng (1906). After her are Jennifer Warnes (1947), Ona Zee (1951), Harrison Ford (1884), Son House (1902), Charles Jencks (1939), and Frank Serpico (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Adrienne Barbeau ranks 1,220. Before her are Eddie Bracken (1915), James Karen (1923), James Marsden (1973), Moses Gunn (1929), Don Adams (1923), and Jackie Earle Haley (1961). After her are Harrison Ford (1884), Anne Francis (1930), Alexandra Daddario (1986), Lois Smith (1930), Rainn Wilson (1966), and Jon Bernthal (1976).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Fog
Stevie Wayne
Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
Feb 7th 19806.723 / 10
Creepshow
Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Five tales in the style of classic '50s horror comics, involving a murdered man emerging from the grave, a meteor's ooze that makes everything grow, a snack for a crated creature, a scheming husband, and a malevolent millionaire with an insect phobia.
Nov 10th 19826.9 / 10
The Thing
Computer (voice) (uncredited)
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Jun 25th 19828.1 / 10