ACTOR

Ethel Merman

1908 - 1984

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Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann; January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known for her distinctive, powerful voice, and her leading roles in musical theater, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage." She performed on Broadway in Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, and Hello, Dolly! She is also known for her film roles in Anything Goes (1936), Call Me Madam (1953), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ethel Merman has received more than 3,539,078 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Ethel Merman is the 3,362nd most popular actor (down from 3,256th in 2019), the 5,050th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,066th in 2019) and the 1,511th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ethel Mermen by language

Over the past year Ethel Merman has had the most page views in the with 439,203 views, followed by German (12,106), and Spanish (8,311). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bosnian (10,700.00%), Uzbek (265.10%), and Simple English (88.58%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ethel Merman ranks 3,362 out of 13,578. Before her are Nehemiah Persoff, Kathryn Adams, Peter Sarsgaard, Jeanne Crain, Janet Ågren, and Park Chanyeol. After her are Paula Wessely, Jean-François Stévenin, Tony Randall, Caterina Murino, Verne Troyer, and Rentarō Mikuni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Ethel Merman ranks 214. Before her are Mikayil Mushfig, Joshua Logan, Renzo Rossellini, George Pal, Myrtle Bachelder, and Marcel Langiller. After her are Ethel Catherwood, Agustín Sauto Arana, Carlos Lleras Restrepo, Marina Semyonova, Oddbjørn Hagen, and Percy Faith. Among people deceased in 1984, Ethel Merman ranks 147. Before her are Eulogio Martínez, Arkhip Lyulka, Rambai Barni, Marcel Balsa, Aldo Donati, and Walter Pidgeon. After her are Vincent J. McMahon, Sven Jonasson, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Grete Hermann, Joan Lindsay, and Marcel Moyse.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ethel Merman ranks 5,050 out of 20,380. Before her are Kathryn Adams (1893), Michael Blake (1945), Billy Paul (1934), Don Felder (1947), Peter Sarsgaard (1971), and Jeanne Crain (1925). After her are Ethel Catherwood (1908), Don Bragg (1935), William J. Donovan (1883), Carl Spaatz (1891), Bob King (1906), and Barry Commoner (1917).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ethel Merman ranks 1,511. Before her are Ty Burrell (1967), Gale Sondergaard (1899), Lawrence Tierney (1919), Kathryn Adams (1893), Peter Sarsgaard (1971), and Jeanne Crain (1925). After her are Tony Randall (1920), Verne Troyer (1969), Rebecca Romijn (1972), Henry Darrow (1933), Tim Blake Nelson (1964), and Mackenyu (1996).

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Television and Movie Roles

Airplane!
Lieutenant Hurwitz
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
Jul 2o 19807.298 / 10
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Mrs. Marcus
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 19636.9 / 10
There's No Business Like Show Business
Molly Donahue
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
Dec 16o 19546 / 10