ACTOR

Eileen Essell

1922 - 2015

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Eileen Joan Essell (8 October 1922 – 15 February 2015) was an English actress, noted in part for not beginning her screen acting career until the age of 79.Essell retired from stage acting in 1958 following her marriage to playwright and actor Gerard McLarnon. She later earned a living as a teacher at the Central School of Music and Drama and the City University. After the death of her husband in 1997, Christopher Webber (a family friend) lured her back on stage to play a leading role in a zarzuela he was directing at London's Bloomsbury Theatre, The Girl with the Roses (1999). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eileen Essell has received more than 380,357 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Eileen Essell is the 1,278th most popular actor (up from 1,605th in 2019), the 1,356th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,639th in 2019) and the 177th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Eileen Essells by language

Over the past year Eileen Essell has had the most page views in the with 60,205 views, followed by Spanish (12,926), and Russian (11,460). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (157.04%), French (135.60%), and Portuguese (107.76%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Eileen Essell ranks 1,278 out of 13,578. Before her are Kate Capshaw, Patrick Duffy, Stockard Channing, Michu Meszaros, Fredric March, and Martin Kove. After her are Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Rachel McAdams, Jason Momoa, James Tolkan, Renée Simonot, and Edward Gordon Craig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Eileen Essell ranks 116. Before her are Clair Cameron Patterson, Serge Reggiani, Yuri Knorozov, Günter Behnisch, Paul Marcinkus, and Kim Hunter. After her are Saad el-Shazly, Hussein Onn, Bernardin Gantin, Leo Tindemans, Manuel Fraga, and Guy Hamilton. Among people deceased in 2015, Eileen Essell ranks 100. Before her are Ornette Coleman, Arsen Dedić, Philippe Honoré, Ieng Thirith, Geraldine McEwan, and Omar Karami. After her are Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Franzl Lang, Jaakko Hintikka, Halldór Ásgrímsson, André Brink, and Adrian Frutiger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eileen Essell ranks 1,356 out of 8,785. Before her are Gideon Mantell (1790), Ted Hughes (1930), Lennox Lewis (1965), Jeremy Corbyn (1949), Joseph Paxton (1803), and Alexander McQueen (1969). After her are Gary Brooker (1945), George Cayley (1773), Geoff Hurst (1941), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), and Reginald Johnston (1874).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Eileen Essell ranks 177. Before her are Kate Beckinsale (1973), Marina Berti (1924), Roddy McDowall (1928), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), Geraldine McEwan (1932), and Edmund Kean (1787). After her are Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Rupert Everett (1959), Jack Hawkins (1910), Guy Pearce (1967), Steven Berkoff (1937), and Hannah Chaplin (1865).

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Television and Movie Roles

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Grandma Josephine
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
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Duplex
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Finding Neverland
Mrs. Snow
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.
Oct 17o 20047.3 / 10