ACTOR

Elinor Donahue

1937 - Today

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Elinor Donahue (born Mary Eleanor Donahue, April 19, 1937) is a retired American actress, best known today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson on the 1950s American sitcom Father Knows Best. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elinor Donahue has received more than 4,079,103 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Elinor Donahue is the 8,390th most popular actor (down from 8,082nd in 2019), the 12,383rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,878th in 2019) and the 3,921st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Elinor Donahues by language

Over the past year Elinor Donahue has had the most page views in the with 466,643 views, followed by German (4,335), and Italian (4,183). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (171.53%), Malayalam (161.48%), and Afrikaans (94.39%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Elinor Donahue ranks 8,390 out of 13,578. Before her are Eric Mun, Dan Butler, Justin Henry, Thekla Reuten, Masaya Onosaka, and Angus Cloud. After her are Abraham Benrubi, Chae Rim, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Emily Beecham, Tim Guinee, and Laura Vandervoort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Elinor Donahue ranks 530. Before her are Maryvonne Dupureur, Robert Paul, Farooq Abdullah, Judy Tegart-Dalton, David Seidler, and Del Harris. After her are Bruce Johnstone, Jenő Kamuti, Bessie Head, Mel Pender, Lorne Loomer, and Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elinor Donahue ranks 12,383 out of 20,380. Before her are Justin Henry (1971), Gene Sarazen (1902), Nicholas F. Brady (1930), James Aloysius Hickey (1920), Walt Faulkner (1918), and Angus Cloud (1998). After her are Doug Russell (1946), Abraham Benrubi (1969), Andrea Jaeger (1965), Billy Boy Arnold (1935), Ann Veneman (1949), and John Kunkel Small (1869).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Elinor Donahue ranks 3,921. Before her are Carlyle Blackwell (1884), Elisabeth Harnois (1979), Sally Blane (1910), Dan Butler (1954), Justin Henry (1971), and Angus Cloud (1998). After her are Abraham Benrubi (1969), Tim Guinee (1962), Jean Porter (1922), Anne Jeffreys (1923), Bob McGrath (1932), and Thomas McDonell (1986).

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Television and Movie Roles

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