ACTOR

Barbara Bennett

1906 - 1958

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Barbara Jane Bennett (August 13, 1906 – August 8, 1958) was an American stage and film actress and dancer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Bennett has received more than 387,422 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Barbara Bennett is the 7,134th most popular actor (up from 8,472nd in 2019), the 10,532nd most popular biography from United States (up from 12,409th in 2019) and the 3,293rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barbara Bennett ranks 7,134 out of 13,578. Before her are Jane Sibbett, Frank Albertson, Wendell Pierce, Jolene Blalock, Vera Zorina, and John Cullum. After her are Simon Shelton, Gretchen Mol, Moon Chae-won, Nia Peeples, Tawny Kitaen, and Melissa Benoist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Barbara Bennett ranks 398. Before her are John Betjeman, Vincent Sherman, Anna Dresden-Polak, Pedro Bergés, Klaus Egge, and Daulat Singh Kothari. After her are Thomas S. Gates Jr., René Fernández, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Ted Morgan, Paul Winter, and Giovanni D'Anzi. Among people deceased in 1958, Barbara Bennett ranks 180. Before her are Maksimilijan Mihelčič, Alma Bennett, Paul Pilgrim, Marie Pujmanová, Émile Delchambre, and Mark Jones. After her are Hubert Wilkins, Endre Tilli, The Boswell Sisters, Archie Scott Brown, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, and Charles F. Kettering.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Bennett ranks 10,532 out of 20,380. Before her are Christof Koch (1956), Wendell Pierce (1963), Al Franken (1951), Lee Trevino (1939), Jolene Blalock (1975), and John Cullum (1930). After her are Gretchen Mol (1972), Nia Peeples (1961), Nelly (1974), Capri Anderson (1988), Tawny Kitaen (1961), and Melissa Benoist (1988).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Barbara Bennett ranks 3,293. Before her are Margaret Lindsay (1910), Jane Sibbett (1962), Frank Albertson (1909), Wendell Pierce (1963), Jolene Blalock (1975), and John Cullum (1930). After her are Gretchen Mol (1972), Nia Peeples (1961), Tawny Kitaen (1961), Melissa Benoist (1988), Kelli McCarty (1969), and Macdonald Carey (1913).

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Television and Movie Roles

Love Among the Millionaires
Virginia Hamilton
A young waitress falls for the son of a railroad tycoon, and finds herself hobnobbing with the rich when he invites her to spend some time with he and his family in Palm Springs.
Jul 5o 19306 / 10
Syncopation
Fleurette Sloane
Benny and Flo are a husband and wife dance team, Sloane and Darrel, traveling around the country as part of a revue. The revue gets picked up and taken to New York City, to be on Broadway. However, it quickly folds, and the two are forced to look for other employment. They eventually find work in a nightclub, becoming famous.But while performing at the nightclub, Flo becomes entranced by a young, sophisticated millionaire playboy, Winston.
Mar 23o 19295 / 10
Mother's Boy
Beatrix Townleigh
Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice. After an argument with his father, who accuses him of stealing the family's life savings, Tommy leaves home and gets a job singing in a cabaret. He is successful and soon lands the lead in a Broadway revue. On opening night, just as he is about to go on stage, he receives word that his mother, who he has not seen since he left home, is dying and wants to see him.
Jul 1o 19290 / 10