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Barbara Cook

1927 - 2017

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Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid-1970s, when she began a second career as a cabaret and concert singer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Cook has received more than 639,909 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Barbara Cook is the 9,816th most popular actor (down from 9,012th in 2019), the 14,353rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,169th in 2019) and the 4,597th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Barbara Cooks by language

Over the past year Barbara Cook has had the most page views in the with 50,686 views, followed by Spanish (1,214), and French (1,053). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (211.34%), Greek (131.17%), and Egyptian Arabic (71.86%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barbara Cook ranks 9,816 out of 13,578. Before her are Helen Mack, Thiago Lacerda, Jonathan Adams, Rie Takahashi, Matthew Glave, and Kristian Nairn. After her are Cyndi Wang, Nicola Peltz, Lorenza Izzo, Dan Harmon, Pascale Arbillot, and Doris Kenyon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Barbara Cook ranks 496. Before her are Kenojuak Ashevak, Patsy Mink, Chuck Share, Slim Dusty, Ken Dodd, and Joan Birman. After her are Eddie Sachs, Ralph Beard, Bill Rowling, Peggie Castle, Brock Adams, and Rupert Crosse. Among people deceased in 2017, Barbara Cook ranks 634. Before her are Sergei Mylnikov, Albert Brewer, Milt Schmidt, Harvey Atkin, Bharati Mukherjee, and Dick Gregory. After her are Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Cristina Adela Foișor, Frank Spellman, Donna Williams, Lorna Gray, and Brent Briscoe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Cook ranks 14,353 out of 20,380. Before her are Gary Jules (1969), Matthew Glave (1963), Vinnie Johnson (1956), Barbara Barrett (1950), Darvin Ham (1973), and Dweezil Zappa (1969). After her are Willard Rice (1895), Ryan Adams (1974), Faye Kellerman (1952), Michael Morhaime (1967), Nicola Peltz (1995), and Paul Ginsparg (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Barbara Cook ranks 4,597. Before her are Rob Corddry (1971), Elizabeth Rodriguez (1973), Irene Ryan (1902), Helen Mack (1913), Jonathan Adams (1967), and Matthew Glave (1963). After her are Nicola Peltz (1995), Dan Harmon (1973), Doris Kenyon (1897), Marina Squerciati (1984), Debbi Morgan (1956), and Sally O'Neil (1908).

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Television and Movie Roles

Carrie the Musical
Margaret White
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.
May 13o 19888 / 10
Thumbelina
Mother (voice)
Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to catch the eye of Prince Cornelius of the Fairies. Just as soon as she finds love, however, it's torn away from her when she is kidnapped by Ms. Toad. Now Thumbelina has to escape Ms. Toad's grasp and search for Prince Cornelius. Luckily, there's a whole city of animals willing to help her.
Mar 29o 19946.434 / 10
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.
Jan 1o 20037 / 10