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Dorothy Provine

1935 - 2010

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Dorothy Michelle Provine (January 20, 1935 – April 25, 2010) was an American singer, dancer and actress. Born in 1935 in Deadwood, South Dakota, she grew up in Seattle, Washington, and was hired in 1958 by Warner Bros., after which she first starred in The Bonnie Parker Story and played many roles in TV series. During the 1960s, Provine starred in series such as The Alaskans and The Roaring Twenties, and her major film roles included It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Good Neighbor Sam (1964), The Great Race (1965). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Provine has received more than 1,179,502 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Provine is the 5,042nd most popular actor (up from 6,824th in 2019), the 7,356th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,128th in 2019) and the 2,267th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dorothy Provines by language

Over the past year Dorothy Provine has had the most page views in the with 131,115 views, followed by German (8,961), and Italian (5,171). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (143.84%), German (101.92%), and Afrikaans (100.83%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dorothy Provine ranks 5,042 out of 13,578. Before her are Freddie Jones, Marni Nixon, Stubby Kaye, Bella Thorne, Anton Walbrook, and Ben Chaplin. After her are Kane Hodder, Eduardo Noriega, Ken Uehara, Kevin Gage, Patricia Hayes, and Alun Armstrong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Dorothy Provine ranks 364. Before her are Jed Allan, Yuri Titov, Usha Mangeshkar, David Todd Wilkinson, Mal Evans, and Henning Enoksen. After her are Mel Ramos, Hubert Hahne, Heinz Schneiter, Jimmy Makulis, Dariush Shayegan, and Ramsey Lewis. Among people deceased in 2010, Dorothy Provine ranks 302. Before her are Takeshi Shudo, Raúl Belén, Eino Tamberg, Edoardo Sanguineti, Walter Rudin, and José Joaquín Trejos Fernández. After her are Olga Guillot, Tom Walkinshaw, Frederick C. Weyand, Carlos Monsiváis, Abel Muzorewa, and James Gammon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Provine ranks 7,356 out of 20,380. Before her are Riley Reid (1991), Alan Ball (1957), Bella Thorne (1997), Ronda Rousey (1987), Leslie West (1945), and Michael Nesmith (1942). After her are Kane Hodder (1955), Mia Malkova (1992), Andra Day (1984), Mark Snow (1946), Kevin Gage (1959), and Mel Ramos (1935).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dorothy Provine ranks 2,267. Before her are Michael Bowen (1957), Coleen Gray (1922), Tony Lo Bianco (1936), Marni Nixon (1930), Stubby Kaye (1918), and Bella Thorne (1997). After her are Kane Hodder (1955), Kevin Gage (1959), Pat Crawford Brown (1929), Jane Curtin (1947), Jean Stapleton (1923), and Alexandra Paul (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

That Darn Cat!
Ingrid Randall
A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wristwatch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than she imagined.
Dec 2o 19656.556 / 10
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Emeline Marcus-Finch
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Nov 7o 19636.963 / 10
The Great Race
Lily Olay
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Jul 1o 19657.121 / 10