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Britt Ekland

1942 - Today

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Britt Ekland (born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress, model, and singer. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Double Man (1967), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), Machine Gun McCain (1969), Stiletto (1969), and the British crime film Get Carter (1971), which established her as a sex symbol. She also starred in several horror films, including The Wicker Man (1973), and appeared as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).Ekland continued to act throughout the 1970s, with roles in films such as The Ultimate Thrill (1974), Royal Flash (1975), High Velocity (1976), and King Solomon's Treasure (1979), and into the 1980s, starring in the likes of Fraternity Vacation (1985), Moon in Scorpio (1987), and Scandal (1989). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Britt Ekland has received more than 4,932,208 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Britt Ekland is the 865th most popular actor (down from 792nd in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 178th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Swedish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Britt Eklands by language

Over the past year Britt Ekland has had the most page views in the with 656,910 views, followed by German (81,264), and Swedish (33,793). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (424.19%), Simple English (195.05%), and Cornish (149.26%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Britt Ekland ranks 865 out of 13,578. Before her are Sam Elliott, Richard Jenkins, Jan-Michael Vincent, Mike Myers, Jacques Charrier, and Christiane F.. After her are Dominique Sanda, Lilli Palmer, Helen Hunt, Silvana Armenulić, Peter Lorre, and Marty Feldman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Britt Ekland ranks 114. Before her are Larry Flynt, Manolo Blahnik, Kang Kek Iew, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Lee Kun-hee, and Terry Jones. After her are Pedro Rocha, Hannu Mikkola, Vladimir Bukovsky, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Karen Grassle, and Anita Pallenberg.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Britt Ekland ranks 191 out of 1,879. Before her are Lars Lagerbäck (1948), Gunilla Bielke (1568), Hans Blix (1928), Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979), Bo Larsson (1944), and Inge the Younger (1100). After her are Vagn Walfrid Ekman (1874), Anna Lindh (1957), John I of Sweden (1201), Michael Nyqvist (1960), Sverker II of Sweden (1164), and Sten Sture the Younger (1493).

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Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Britt Ekland ranks 15. Before her are Ingrid Thulin (1926), Harriet Andersson (1932), Erland Josephson (1923), Björn Andrésen (1955), Inger Nilsson (1959), and Maud Adams (1945). After her are Michael Nyqvist (1960), Ann-Margret (1941), Lena Olin (1955), Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), Gunnel Lindblom (1931), and Mikael Persbrandt (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Wicker Man
Willow MacGreagor
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Dec 6o 19737.4 / 10
The Man with the Golden Gun
Mary Goodnight
Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.
Dec 1o 19746.436 / 10
Get Carter
Anna
Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends and acquaintances to learn who murdered his sibling and why.
Feb 3o 19717 / 10