ACTOR

Gale Sondergaard

1899 - 1985

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Gale Sondergaard (born Edith Holm Sondergaard; February 15, 1899 – August 14, 1985) was an American actress. Sondergaard began her acting career in theater and progressed to films in 1936. She was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut in Anthony Adverse (1936). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gale Sondergaard has received more than 813,417 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Gale Sondergaard is the 3,358th most popular actor (down from 2,912th in 2019), the 5,033rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,580th in 2019) and the 1,507th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 810k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gale Sondergaard ranks 3,358 out of 13,578. Before her are Caroline Goodall, George Burns, Rhonda Fleming, Werner Klemperer, Ty Burrell, and Coline Serreau. After her are Lawrence Tierney, Nehemiah Persoff, Kathryn Adams, Peter Sarsgaard, Jeanne Crain, and Janet Ågren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Gale Sondergaard ranks 180. Before her are Weegee, Anselmo Alliegro y Milá, Filipp Oktyabrsky, Paul Schmidt, Dora Gerson, and Adolf Brudes. After her are Armas Toivonen, Nevil Shute, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Ralf Törngren, E. B. White, and Masujiro Nishida. Among people deceased in 1985, Gale Sondergaard ranks 139. Before her are Ana Mendieta, Bodil Joensen, Ladislav Ženíšek, Clarence Nash, Michel Audiard, and Laura Ashley. After her are Mary Kenneth Keller, Josef Čtyřoký, Dawn Addams, Samantha Smith, Israel Regardie, and Jan de Quay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gale Sondergaard ranks 5,033 out of 20,380. Before her are Joan Osborne (1962), George Burns (1896), Mary Agnes Chase (1869), Rhonda Fleming (1923), Ty Burrell (1967), and Safdie brothers (null). After her are Mary Kenneth Keller (1913), Abella Danger (1995), Lawrence Tierney (1919), John Elkann (1976), Jim Walton (1948), and Anna Lea Merritt (1844).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gale Sondergaard ranks 1,507. Before her are Yvette Mimieux (1942), James Coco (1930), Daniel Baldwin (1960), George Burns (1896), Rhonda Fleming (1923), and Ty Burrell (1967). After her are Lawrence Tierney (1919), Kathryn Adams (1893), Peter Sarsgaard (1971), Jeanne Crain (1925), Ethel Merman (1908), and Tony Randall (1920).

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