ACTOR

Betty Grable

1916 - 1973

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Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she placed among the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars (a feat only matched by Doris Day, Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand, although all were surpassed by Mary Pickford, with 13 years). The U.S. Treasury Department listed her as the highest-salaried American woman in 1946 and 1947, and she earned more than $3 million during her career.Grable began her film career in 1929 at age 12 and was later fired from a contract for having signed with a false identification. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Betty Grable has received more than 3,892,383 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Betty Grable is the 1,086th most popular actor (up from 1,659th in 2019), the 1,876th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,824th in 2019) and the 510th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Betty Grables by language

Over the past year Betty Grable has had the most page views in the with 460,054 views, followed by German (36,194), and French (23,415). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (195.61%), Simple English (143.93%), and German (109.31%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Betty Grable ranks 1,086 out of 13,578. Before her are Pedro Infante, Megan Fox, Tchéky Karyo, Robert Ryan, John Leguizamo, and Robert Hardy. After her are Glenda Jackson, Tony Shalhoub, Judith Anderson, Lambert Wilson, Ma Dong-seok, and Victor Garber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Betty Grable ranks 71. Before her are Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Sterling Hayden, Ernst Wilimowski, Léo Ferré, Luis Corvalán, and Bernard Blier. After her are Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Giorgio Bassani, Archduke Felix of Austria, Pietro Rava, Mika Špiljak, and Walt Whitman Rostow. Among people deceased in 1973, Betty Grable ranks 73. Before her are Soong Ai-ling, Katina Paxinou, Alan Watts, José Villalonga, Yaakov Dori, and Robert Ryan. After her are Mikhail Kalatozov, Mary Wigman, Jacques Lipchitz, Marc Allégret, Bruno Maderna, and Veronica Lake.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betty Grable ranks 1,876 out of 20,380. Before her are Megan Fox (1986), Ben Carson (1951), Robert Ryan (1909), Edward Albee (1928), Pat Garrett (1850), and Pat Riley (1945). After her are Carson McCullers (1917), Tony Shalhoub (1953), Walter A. Shewhart (1891), Richard R. Schrock (1945), Jack Daniel (1850), and Richard Avedon (1923).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Betty Grable ranks 510. Before her are Agnes Moorehead (1900), Kathryn Joosten (1939), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), Stacy Keach (1941), Megan Fox (1986), and Robert Ryan (1909). After her are Tony Shalhoub (1953), Angie Dickinson (1931), Brad Davis (1949), Victor French (1934), Liv Tyler (1977), and Gary Busey (1944).

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Television and Movie Roles

I Wake Up Screaming
Jill Lynn
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
Oct 31o 19416.7 / 10
Pin Up Girl
Lorry Jones
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost every serviceman she's signed her pin-up photo for. Now she's leaving home to go into government service (not, as she fantasizes, to join the USO). On a side trip to New York, her vivid imagination leads her to True Love with naval hero Tommy Dooley; but increasingly involved Musical Comedy Complications follow.
Apr 25o 19446.1 / 10
How to Marry a Millionaire
Loco Dempsey
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
Oct 29o 19536.819 / 10