ACTOR

Carmen Zapata

1927 - 2014

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Carmen Margarita Zapata (July 15, 1927 – January 5, 2014) often referred to as "The First Lady of the Hispanic Theater" was an American actress best known for her role in the PBS bilingual children's program Villa Alegre. Zapata is also the co-founder and director of the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts in Los Angeles. Zapata took an active part in the Chicano movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carmen Zapata has received more than 215,434 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Carmen Zapata is the 6,504th most popular actor (down from 6,062nd in 2019), the 9,574th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,048th in 2019) and the 2,990th most popular American Actor.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Carmen Zapata ranks 6,504 out of 13,578. Before her are Ted King, Nancy Travis, Irving Pichel, Óscar Jaenada, Daniel Massey, and Barbara Parkins. After her are Virginia Fox, John Russell, Jean Kent, Oscar Nunez, Elizabeth Peña, and Celia Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Carmen Zapata ranks 407. Before her are Heinz Wewers, Michel Scheuer, Yury Kazakov, Dorothy Manley, Alvin Sargent, and Rolf Landauer. After her are François Nourissier, Chris Connor, Kees Broekman, Tibor Csík, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Tatyana Zaslavskaya. Among people deceased in 2014, Carmen Zapata ranks 443. Before her are Holger Hansson, Mark Strand, Thomas Berger, Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Toimi Alatalo, and Mae Young. After her are Elizabeth Peña, Álex Angulo, Joan Lorring, Farley Mowat, Khushwant Singh, and Eladio Herrera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carmen Zapata ranks 9,574 out of 20,380. Before her are Christian Laettner (1969), Nancy Travis (1961), Irving Pichel (1891), Terry Zwigoff (1949), Thomas C. Hart (1877), and Stuart Davis (1892). After her are Mildred Cohn (1913), Virginia Fox (1902), John Russell (1921), Frank Shields (1909), Spud Webb (1963), and Blue Mitchell (1930).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Carmen Zapata ranks 2,990. Before her are Desireé Cousteau (1956), Traylor Howard (1966), Roma Maffia (1955), Ted King (1965), Nancy Travis (1961), and Irving Pichel (1891). After her are Virginia Fox (1902), John Russell (1921), Elizabeth Peña (1959), Patrick Warburton (1964), Gloria Talbott (1931), and Rocky Carroll (1963).

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