ACTOR

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 678,634 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Barbara Cook is the 9,820th 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 4,598th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barbara Cook ranks 9,820 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 4,598. 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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