ACTOR

Choi Eun-hee

1926 - 2018

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Choi Eun-hee (Korean: 최은희; November 20, 1926 – April 16, 2018) was a South Korean actress, who was one of the country's most popular stars of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978, Choi and her then ex-husband, movie director Shin Sang-ok, were abducted to North Korea, where they were forced to make films until they sought asylum at the U.S. embassy in Vienna in 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Choi Eun-hee has received more than 598,674 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Choi Eun-hee is the 1,523rd most popular actor (up from 1,959th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from South Korea (up from 116th in 2019) and the 6th most popular South Korean Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Choi Eun-hees by language

Over the past year Choi Eun-hee has had the most page views in the with 108,667 views, followed by Japanese (18,734), and Chinese (17,585). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (117.17%), Portuguese (87.45%), and Italian (54.58%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Choi Eun-hee ranks 1,523 out of 13,578. Before her are Robert Downey Sr., Donna Murphy, Joan Chen, François Berléand, Sarah Wayne Callies, and Ralph Waite. After her are Bruce Greenwood, Franco Citti, Rita Wilson, Tony Lip, Peter Gallagher, and Chris Noth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Choi Eun-hee ranks 139. Before her are Amadeo Carrizo, Erich Juskowiak, Bal Thackeray, Sergio Pininfarina, Karel Reisz, and Jérôme Lejeune. After her are Ed McBain, Jürgen Moltmann, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Raul Hilberg, Bhupen Hazarika, and Jambyn Batmönkh. Among people deceased in 2018, Choi Eun-hee ranks 111. Before her are Bruno Sammartino, Dennis Nilsen, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Raymond Chow, Josep Lluís Núñez, and Irena Szewińska. After her are Tom Wolfe, Philip Kerr, Lill-Babs, Luis García Meza, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Đỗ Mười.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Choi Eun-hee ranks 103 out of 1,128. Before her are Kim Kyu-sik (1881), David Yonggi Cho (1936), Beopheung of Silla (500), Ko Un (1933), Lee Min-ho (1987), and Jimin (1995). After her are Kim Ung-yong (1963), Ye Wanyong (1858), Kim Seok-jin (1992), RM (1994), Byung-Chul Han (1959), and Bong Joon-ho (1969).

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Among ACTORS In South Korea

Among actors born in South Korea, Choi Eun-hee ranks 6. Before her are Song Hye-rim (1937), Lee Sun-kyun (1975), Ma Dong-seok (1971), Lee Byung-hun (1970), and Lee Min-ho (1987). After her are Lee Young-ae (1971), Choi Min-sik (1962), Song Kang-ho (1967), Kim Hae-sook (1955), Lee Dong-wook (1981), and Kim Hye-ja (1941).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Lovers and the Despot
Self - Actress / Various Roles
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
Sep 22o 20166.9 / 10
Mother and a Guest
Mother
Six-year-old Ok Hee is glad when Mr. Han comes to board at her house full of women. She plays messenger for Mr. Han and her widowed mother as they quietly fall in love, but is her support enough to guard their love?
Aug 26o 19616.7 / 10
The Flower in Hell
Sonia
In post-Korean War Seoul, a young man from the countryside discovers that his older brother has become romantically involved in a prostitute and has no intentions of returning home.
Apr 20o 19586.7 / 10