ACTOR

Charlotte Rae

1926 - 2018

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Charlotte Rae Lubotsky (April 22, 1926 – August 5, 2018) was an American character actress and singer whose career spanned sixty-six years. Rae was known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and its spin-off, The Facts of Life (in which she had the starring role from 1979 to 1986). She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlotte Rae has received more than 3,102,699 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Charlotte Rae is the 4,858th most popular actor (up from 4,964th in 2019), the 7,115th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,378th in 2019) and the 2,177th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

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  • 47.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Charlotte Rae ranks 4,858 out of 13,578. Before her are Jerry Van Dyke, Simon Abkarian, Anna Lee, Alexandra Hedison, Rose Marie, and Tim McInnerny. After her are Song Il-gook, Al Matthews, Barbara Windsor, Nancy Olson, Chad Michael Murray, and Jason Biggs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Charlotte Rae ranks 358. Before her are James Best, Dietmar Schönherr, Carlos Roberto Reina, Julius Katchen, Frank O'Hara, and Víctor Ugarte. After her are Hermann Kant, Kurt Schmied, Clifford Husbands, Robert Jay Lifton, José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, and Andrea Kékesy. Among people deceased in 2018, Charlotte Rae ranks 331. Before her are István Géczi, Ferenc Kósa, Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Jo Jo White, Chuck McCann, and Jerry Van Dyke. After her are Al Matthews, Yoshiaki Arata, Susan Anspach, Pik Botha, Roberto Suazo Córdova, and Vic Damone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlotte Rae ranks 7,115 out of 20,380. Before her are Alexandra Hedison (1969), Rose Marie (1923), Frank O'Hara (1926), Carol Shaw (1955), Craig Jones (1972), and Jason Segel (1980). After her are Edwin Hedley (1864), Al Matthews (1942), Nancy Olson (1928), Mikaela Shiffrin (1995), Lucien Carr (1925), and Jessica Jaymes (1979).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Charlotte Rae ranks 2,177. Before her are Curly Howard (1903), Krysten Ritter (1981), Bruce Glover (1932), Jerry Van Dyke (1931), Alexandra Hedison (1969), and Rose Marie (1923). After her are Al Matthews (1942), Nancy Olson (1928), Chad Michael Murray (1981), Jason Biggs (1978), Robert Carradine (1954), and Dale Dye (1944).

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Television and Movie Roles

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