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Ed Asner

1929 - 2021

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Eddie Asner (; November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021) was an American actor. He is best remembered for portraying Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama. Asner is the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, having won seven – five for portraying Lou Grant (three as Supporting Actor in a Comedy Television Series on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and two as Lead Actor in a Dramatic Television Series on spin-off Lou Grant). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Asner has received more than 10,221,855 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Ed Asner is the 710th most popular actor (up from 2,168th in 2019), the 1,328th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,646th in 2019) and the 348th most popular American Actor.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ed Asner ranks 710 out of 9,996. Before him are Graham Chapman, Max Wright, Tom Wilkinson, Terry Jones, Peter Cushing, and Mark Harmon. After him are Bette Midler, Roberts Blossom, Ray Liotta, Ron Howard, Claudia Mori, and Andy Serkis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Ed Asner ranks 83. Before him are Ágnes Heller, Vera Miles, Chadli Bendjedid, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Gordon Moore, and Hebe Camargo. After him are Andriyan Nikolayev, Michael Atiyah, Christos Sartzetakis, Imelda Marcos, Omar Torrijos, and Bob Newhart. Among people deceased in 2021, Ed Asner ranks 81. Before him are Richard Donner, Ei-ichi Negishi, János Kornai, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Joan Didion, and Abdul Qadeer Khan. After him are Robert H. Grubbs, Borisav Jović, Bertrand Tavernier, Kim Yong-ju, Antony Hewish, and Mamnoon Hussain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Asner ranks 1,328 out of 18,182. Before him are Henry Way Kendall (1926), Kirk Hammett (1962), Dionne Warwick (1940), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Mark Harmon (1951), and Mike Pence (1959). After him are Marilyn Manson (1969), Bette Midler (1945), Roberts Blossom (1924), Ray Liotta (1954), Dick Fosbury (1947), and Red Cloud (1822).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ed Asner ranks 348. Before him are Annette Bening (1958), Shelley Duvall (1949), Dean Reed (1938), Kelly McGillis (1957), Max Wright (1943), and Mark Harmon (1951). After him are Bette Midler (1945), Roberts Blossom (1924), Ray Liotta (1954), Ron Howard (1954), Holland Taylor (1943), and Sondra Locke (1944).

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