ACTOR

Bea Arthur

1922 - 2009

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Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedienne and singer. She began her career on stage in 1947, attracting critical acclaim before achieving worldwide recognition for her work on television beginning in the 1970s as Maude Findlay in the popular sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1972) and Maude (1972–1978) and later in the 1980s and 1990s as Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls (1985–1992). Arthur won several accolades throughout her career, beginning with the 1966 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Vera Charles in Mame. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bea Arthur has received more than 15,385,581 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Bea Arthur is the 1,725th most popular actor (down from 1,300th in 2019), the 2,840th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,293rd in 2019) and the 792nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bea Arthur ranks 1,725 out of 13,578. Before her are Massimo Troisi, Jessica Biel, Viveca Lindfors, Bryan Brown, Roger Hanin, and Jean Lefebvre. After her are Lindsay Wagner, Venantino Venantini, Mahershala Ali, David Tennant, Patricia Arquette, and Elisabeth Bergner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Bea Arthur ranks 156. Before her are Kevin Roche, Margherita Hack, Alan Perlis, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Anker Jørgensen, and Artemio Franchi. After her are Niels Holst-Sørensen, Howard Zinn, Vasko Popa, Shovkat Alakbarova, Kingsley Amis, and Mauro Bolognini. Among people deceased in 2009, Bea Arthur ranks 106. Before her are Félix Malloum, Al Martino, Joseph Wiseman, Marilyn Chambers, Andrew Wyeth, and Inger Christensen. After her are Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Yves Rocher, Amir Pnueli, Frank McCourt, John Hughes, and Stephen Toulmin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bea Arthur ranks 2,840 out of 20,380. Before her are Jessica Biel (1982), LP (1981), Bob Cousy (1928), Charles Koch (1935), Angelo Dundee (1921), and Michael Bolton (1953). After her are Gene Krupa (1909), Lindsay Wagner (1949), John Roberts (1955), Mahershala Ali (1974), Don McLean (1945), and Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bea Arthur ranks 792. Before her are Ralph Macchio (1961), Jason Miller (1939), Vic Morrow (1929), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958), Ronny Cox (1938), and Jessica Biel (1982). After her are Lindsay Wagner (1949), Mahershala Ali (1974), Patricia Arquette (1968), Everett McGill (1945), Mabel Normand (1892), and Andre Braugher (1962).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Golden Girls
Dorothy Zbornak
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
7.5 / 10
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ackmena
Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!
Nov 17o 19783.3 / 10
Maude
Maude Findlay
Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her fourth husband, Walter, their divorced daughter, Carol, and grandson Phillip.
6.7 / 10