ACTOR

Alice Ghostley

1923 - 2007

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Alice Margaret Ghostley (August 14, 1923 – September 21, 2007) was an American actress and singer on stage, film and television. She was best known for her roles as bumbling witch Esmeralda (1969–72) on Bewitched, as Cousin Alice (1970–71) on Mayberry R.F.D., and as Bernice Clifton (1986–93) on Designing Women, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alice Ghostley has received more than 1,781,775 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alice Ghostley is the 7,151st most popular actor (down from 5,866th in 2019), the 10,551st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,750th in 2019) and the 3,303rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alice Ghostleys by language

Over the past year Alice Ghostley has had the most page views in the with 202,637 views, followed by German (7,813), and Italian (4,976). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (75.37%), Afrikaans (74.41%), and Armenian (47.47%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alice Ghostley ranks 7,151 out of 13,578. Before her are George M. Cohan, Anson Mount, Dave Allen, Elyas M'Barek, Tommy Kirk, and Lee Min-ki. After her are Kenichi Suzumura, Illeana Douglas, Shahab Hosseini, Lona Andre, Kim Ji-won, and John James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Alice Ghostley ranks 445. Before her are Alice von Hildebrand, Bonita Granville, Dannie Abse, Sam Rivers, Slim Whitman, and Bjørn Paulson. After her are Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Herman Chernoff, Arthur Jensen, Bernice Rubens, Trevor Ford, and Edward Clancy. Among people deceased in 2007, Alice Ghostley ranks 367. Before her are Jean-François Deniau, Kevin DuBrow, Robert Taylor, David Halberstam, Jeong Da-bin, and Mehmed Uzun. After her are Andrew Hill, Herb McKenley, Kenji Nagai, Dusty Anderson, Yelena Romanova, and Dadullah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alice Ghostley ranks 10,551 out of 20,380. Before her are Roger Miller (1936), George M. Cohan (1878), Anson Mount (1973), Jon Hall (1950), Tommy Kirk (1941), and 6ix9ine (1996). After her are Nelson Eddy (1901), Robert Creeley (1926), Illeana Douglas (1965), Clint Dempsey (1983), Lona Andre (1915), and John James (1956).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Alice Ghostley ranks 3,303. Before her are Melissa Benoist (1988), Kelli McCarty (1969), Macdonald Carey (1913), George M. Cohan (1878), Anson Mount (1973), and Tommy Kirk (1941). After her are Illeana Douglas (1965), Lona Andre (1915), John James (1956), Steve Howey (1977), Hope Emerson (1897), and Alan Curtis (1909).

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Television and Movie Roles

Grease
Mrs. Murdock
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Jul 7o 19787.395 / 10
To Kill a Mockingbird
Aunt Stephanie Crawford
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
Dec 20o 19628 / 10
The Graduate
Mrs. Singleman
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Dec 21o 19677.649 / 10