ACTOR

Gail Russell

1924 - 1961

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Gail Russell (born Betty Gale Russell; September 21, 1924 – August 26, 1961) was an American film and television actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gail Russell has received more than 1,814,458 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gail Russell is the 5,824th most popular actor (up from 6,040th in 2019), the 8,529th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,020th in 2019) and the 2,651st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gail Russell ranks 5,824 out of 13,578. Before her are Michael Crawford, Kellan Lutz, Rashida Jones, Terry Kinney, Vicky Krieps, and Huang Xiaoming. After her are Clarke Peters, Alfredo Castro, Larry Linville, Harry Myers, Boris Chirkov, and Eduard Fernández.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Gail Russell ranks 399. Before her are Hans Kalt, Eugenio Scalfari, Vladimir Bogomolov, Stanley Jaki, Charles Coste, and Maino Neri. After her are Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Bob Kurland, Silvano Piovanelli, Raúl Córdoba, Erkki Kataja, and Donald Richie. Among people deceased in 1961, Gail Russell ranks 169. Before her are Harry DeBaecke, Eugene Bullard, Robert L. Eichelberger, Whittaker Chambers, Jānis Endzelīns, and Howard P. Robertson. After her are Miriam A. Ferguson, Ruth Chatterton, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Max Hainle, Earle Page, and Augustus John.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gail Russell ranks 8,529 out of 20,380. Before her are Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Julie Taymor (1952), Terry Kinney (1954), Bukka White (1906), Jimmy Miller (1942), and Mamie Till (1921). After her are Clarke Peters (1952), John Wanamaker (1838), Tipper Gore (1948), Lee Ranaldo (1956), Rebecca Miller (1962), and Chad Channing (1967).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gail Russell ranks 2,651. Before her are Katee Sackhoff (1980), Kate McKinnon (1984), Regina Hall (1970), Kellan Lutz (1985), Rashida Jones (1976), and Terry Kinney (1954). After her are Clarke Peters (1952), Larry Linville (1939), Harry Myers (1882), Ron Cephas Jones (1957), Jena Malone (1984), and Parker Posey (1968).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Uninvited
Stella Meredith
A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast only to soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor's granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.
Feb 24th 19446.871 / 10
Angel and the Badman
Penelope 'Penny' Worth
Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded, and the kindly family takes him in to nurse him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the affections of their beautiful daughter, Penelope. He develops an affection for the family and their faith, but his troubled past follows him.
Feb 15th 19476.3 / 10
7 Men from Now
Annie Greer
A former sheriff relentlessly pursuing the 7 men who murdered his wife in Arizona crosses paths with a couple heading to California.
Jul 24th 19566.8 / 10