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Barbara Bates

1925 - 1969

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Barbara Jane Bates (August 6, 1925 – March 18, 1969) was an American singer and actress, best known for her portrayal of Phoebe in the 1950 drama film All About Eve and as Katy Morgan on It's a Great Life (1954–1956). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Bates has received more than 577,870 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Bates is the 6,035th most popular actor (up from 6,902nd in 2019), the 8,863rd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,247th in 2019) and the 2,761st most popular American Actor.

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  • 580k

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  • 45.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barbara Bates ranks 6,035 out of 13,578. Before her are Padmini, Ge You, Frankie Muniz, Jeremy Strong, Deepika Padukone, and Aleksandr Dedyushko. After her are Yoon Eun-hye, Tyler Mane, Bae Doona, Jamie Bell, Garrett Hedlund, and Michael Hogan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Barbara Bates ranks 437. Before her are Miiko Taka, Aleksei Paramonov, Bruno Pesaola, Raja Ramanna, Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, and Georges Stuber. After her are Shelley Berman, Nelson Demarco, Horacio Guarany, Frank Pierson, John Shepherd-Barron, and Cal Tjader. Among people deceased in 1969, Barbara Bates ranks 210. Before her are Károly Dietz, André Gaboriaud, Erkki Kataja, Barton MacLane, Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich, and Hans Rademacher. After her are Willy Ley, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Heinrich Hax, Bess Meredyth, Miklós Szilvási, and Ben Alexander.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Bates ranks 8,863 out of 20,380. Before her are R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), Frankie Muniz (1985), Cedric the Entertainer (1964), Gardner Dozois (1947), Jeremy Strong (1978), and Loleatta Holloway (1946). After her are John Kander (1927), John Powell (1947), Laura Secord (1775), Garrett Hedlund (1984), Rick Carlisle (1959), and Mark Coleman (1964).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Barbara Bates ranks 2,761. Before her are Gabrielle Union (1972), Richard Dysart (1929), Ernie Lively (1947), Adam Rodriguez (1975), Frankie Muniz (1985), and Jeremy Strong (1978). After her are Garrett Hedlund (1984), Maya Rudolph (1972), Eric Stonestreet (1971), Richard Arlen (1899), Arthur Hunnicutt (1910), and Steve Cochran (1917).

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Television and Movie Roles

All About Eve
Phoebe
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Nov 9o 19508.104 / 10
Cheaper by the Dozen
Ernestine Gilbreth
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.
Mar 31o 19506.336 / 10
The Inspector General
Leza
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.
Dec 31o 19496.313 / 10