ACTOR

Dorothy Peterson

1897 - 1979

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Bergetta "Dorothy" Peterson (December 25, 1897 - October 3, 1979) was an American actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Peterson has received more than 144,660 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Peterson is the 9,578th most popular actor (up from 10,089th in 2019), the 14,002nd most popular biography from United States (up from 14,643rd in 2019) and the 4,492nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dorothy Peterson ranks 9,578 out of 13,578. Before her are Hal Linden, Justine Bateman, Chris Wood, Tyler Labine, Blanca Soto, and Madelaine Petsch. After her are Creighton Hale, Anamaria Marinca, Tolga Sarıtaş, Devon Murray, Poonam Dhillon, and Hwang Chan-sung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Dorothy Peterson ranks 313. Before her are Robert Riskin, Muriel Freeman, William Gott, Richard Russell Jr., John Laurie, and Jerome Cowan. After her are Sohrab Modi, and Doris Kenyon. Among people deceased in 1979, Dorothy Peterson ranks 299. Before her are Jack Mulhall, Nicholas Monsarrat, Frank Fredrickson, Vladimir Fyodorov, Allen Tate, and Dick Foran. After her are Beatrice Hicks, Doris Kenyon, James T. Farrell, William Gargan, and Scott Vincent.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Peterson ranks 14,002 out of 20,380. Before her are Sin Cara (1977), James Grogan (1931), Earl Boykins (1976), Madelaine Petsch (1994), Betty Everett (1939), and Thad Cochran (1937). After her are Shelley Moore Capito (1953), Jerome Richardson (1920), Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935), Dave Meltzer (1959), Philip Levine (1928), and Frank Shakespeare (1930).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dorothy Peterson ranks 4,492. Before her are Dustin Diamond (1977), Ben Falcone (1973), Hal Linden (1931), Justine Bateman (1966), Chris Wood (1988), and Madelaine Petsch (1994). After her are Jason Wiles (1970), Steven Strait (1986), Lyle Talbot (1902), Maggie Roswell (1952), Charlie Robinson (1945), and Vinessa Shaw (1976).

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Television and Movie Roles

Saboteur
Mrs. Mason
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Apr 24th 19426.9 / 10
The Woman in the Window
Mrs. Wanley
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Oct 25th 19447.4 / 10
Dark Victory
Miss Wainwright
Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
Apr 20th 19397 / 10