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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 645,871 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Barbara Cook is the 9,028th most popular actor (down from 7,778th in 2019), the 13,202nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,907th in 2019) and the 4,398th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barbara Cook ranks 9,028 out of 9,996. Before her are Itzan Escamilla, Alisan Porter, Mina El Hammani, Mayumi Iizuka, Bitsie Tulloch, and Christina Cole. After her are Caleb Landry Jones, Jonathan Adams, Sarah McLeod, Izabella Miko, Misaki Ito, and Cosma Shiva Hagen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Barbara Cook ranks 431. Before her are Lois Nettleton, Vin Scully, Kirti Nidhi Bista, Slim Dusty, Norman Petty, and Dick Hyman. After her are Eddie Sachs, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Peggie Castle, Peggy McCay, Ralph Beard, and Edwin Edwards. Among people deceased in 2017, Barbara Cook ranks 576. Before her are Nelsan Ellis, Dudley Storey, Ayan Sadakov, Kirti Nidhi Bista, Reema Lagoo, and František Rajtoral. After her are Dick Gregory, Kaci Kullmann Five, Brent Briscoe, Steffi Martin, Willie Toweel, and José Antonio Alonso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Cook ranks 13,202 out of 18,182. Before her are John Chafee (1922), Bitsie Tulloch (1981), Kelly Craft (1962), Richard Hamilton (1978), Kevin Willis (1962), and Carol Moseley Braun (1947). After her are Paul Weitz (1965), Ja Morant (1999), Joseph R. Tanner (1950), Caleb Landry Jones (1989), Jonathan Adams (1967), and Steve Johnson (1989).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Barbara Cook ranks 4,398. Before her are Amy Hargreaves (1970), Henry Kolker (1874), Kyle Secor (1957), Bob Peterson (1961), Alisan Porter (1981), and Bitsie Tulloch (1981). After her are Caleb Landry Jones (1989), Jonathan Adams (1967), Cosma Shiva Hagen (1981), Sophia Lillis (2002), Rumer Willis (1988), and Elizabeth Allen (1929).

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