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Candy Barr

1935 - 2006

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Juanita Dale Slusher (July 6, 1935 – December 30, 2005), better known by her stage name Candy Barr, was an American stripper, burlesque dancer, actress, and adult model in men's magazines of the mid-20th century. During the 1950s, she received nationwide attention for her stripping career in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, her encounters with the law, shooting her second husband, and her sentence to a prison term for drug possession. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Candy Barr has received more than 1,534,817 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Candy Barr is the 4,864th most popular writer (down from 4,363rd in 2019), the 6,697th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,063rd in 2019) and the 540th most popular American Writer.

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  • 55.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Candy Barr ranks 4,864 out of 7,302. Before her are Dulce María Loynaz, Andrei Mureșanu, Reiner Kunze, Bruno Frank, Len Deighton, and Konrad von Würzburg. After her are Fran Levstik, Alan Woods, Muriel Barbery, María Martínez Sierra, Arnulf Øverland, and Boris Vasilyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Candy Barr ranks 342. Before her are Susan Brownmiller, Cheo Feliciano, Roberto Ferreiro, Ahmad al-Ghashmi, Michael Chapman, and Oscar Panno. After her are Johnny Mathis, Lee Meriwether, Mary Oliver, Régine Deforges, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and Märta Tikkanen. Among people deceased in 2006, Candy Barr ranks 241. Before her are Wolfgang Unzicker, Gösta Löfgren, Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Jaroslav Pelikan, Ferenc Machos, and Ondina Valla. After her are Suzan Kahramaner, Schafik Hándal, Mary Boyce, William P. Gottlieb, Rajkumar, and Frank Beyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Candy Barr ranks 6,697 out of 20,380. Before her are James L. Peters (1889), Robert Guillaume (1927), Kate Bruce (1860), Dexter Holland (1965), Campbell Scott (1961), and John E. Blaha (1942). After her are Elliot See (1927), Jeremy Davies (1969), David Amram (1930), John List (1925), Tom Kane (1962), and Eydie Gormé (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Candy Barr ranks 540. Before her are Harriet Jacobs (1813), Marc Okrand (1948), Zig Ziglar (1926), Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902), Jim Harrison (1937), and Joe R. Lansdale (1951). After her are Tabitha King (1949), George Washington Williams (1849), Robert Charles Wilson (1953), Nathanael West (1903), Ann Druyan (1949), and Marilynne Robinson (1943).

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