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Annette Charles

1948 - 2011

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Annette Charles (née Cardona; March 5, 1948 – August 3, 2011) was an American actress, dancer, and educator best known for her role as Charlene "Cha-Cha" DiGregorio in the 1978 feature film Grease. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Annette Charles has received more than 1,557,453 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Annette Charles is the 5,793rd most popular actor (up from 7,534th in 2019), the 8,477th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,179th in 2019) and the 2,639th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Annette Charles ranks 5,793 out of 13,578. Before her are Phyllis Somerville, Chill Wills, Yevgeny Vesnik, Leslie Jordan, Richard Haydn, and Helen Slater. After her are Maxim Galkin, Yukiko Okada, David Clennon, Jaime Pressly, John Abraham, and Norma Varden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Annette Charles ranks 549. Before her are Danny Denzongpa, Walter Planckaert, Luciano Sušanj, Tommy Söderberg, Mikko Kozarowitzky, and Jon Amiel. After her are Alfred Sant, Carlos Squeo, Tipper Gore, Diane Kurys, Ilkka Kanerva, and Jerry L. Ross. Among people deceased in 2011, Annette Charles ranks 379. Before her are Célestin Oliver, Waldemar Baszanowski, Žarko Nikolić, Wenche Foss, Irena Kwiatkowska, and Sun Axelsson. After her are David Hess, Kjell Johansson, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Marianna Nagy, Loleatta Holloway, and Assar Rönnlund.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Annette Charles ranks 8,477 out of 20,380. Before her are Christopher Lasch (1932), Phyllis Somerville (1943), Chill Wills (1902), Leslie Jordan (1955), Corine Mauch (1960), and Helen Slater (1963). After her are Jay Silvester (1937), Thurston Moore (1958), Howard P. Robertson (1903), David Clennon (1943), Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949), and Jaime Pressly (1977).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Annette Charles ranks 2,639. Before her are Wang Leehom (1976), Cam Gigandet (1982), Phyllis Somerville (1943), Chill Wills (1902), Leslie Jordan (1955), and Helen Slater (1963). After her are David Clennon (1943), Jaime Pressly (1977), Adam Scott (1973), Maura Tierney (1965), Katee Sackhoff (1980), and Kate McKinnon (1984).

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Television and Movie Roles

Grease
Cha Cha DiGregorio
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 19787.4 / 10
Latino
Marlena (as Annette Cardona)
The fighting between the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and the Contra rebels backed by U.S. money and expertise is the focus of this pro-Sandinista film by Haskell Wexler. On a secret mission to help the U.S. Special Forces train Contra rebels in the jungles of Nicaragua, American soldier Eddie Guerrero begins to question the morality of the task at hand and consider how his actions may influence the fate of a nation.
Feb 28o 19854.6 / 10
Transylmania
Administrator
Spoof horror in which a group of college kids do a semester abroad in Romania and realise that if the partying doesn't kill them, the vampires just might!
Dec 4o 20094.3 / 10