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Heather O'Rourke

1975 - 1988

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Heather Michele O'Rourke (December 27, 1975 – February 1, 1988) was an American child actress. She had her breakthrough starring as Carol Anne Freeling in the supernatural horror film Poltergeist (1982), which received critical acclaim and established her as an influential figure in the genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heather O'Rourke has received more than 9,142,383 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Heather O'Rourke is the 4,994th most popular actor (up from 5,474th in 2019), the 7,425th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,484th in 2019) and the 2,336th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Heather O'Rourke ranks 4,994 out of 9,996. Before her are Anna Rita Del Piano, Kenneth More, Farida Jalal, Desmond Harrington, James Dunn, and Natja Brunckhorst. After her are Naseeruddin Shah, Kenyu Horiuchi, Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Charlene Tilton, and Michael Shanks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Heather O'Rourke ranks 128. Before her are Lee Sun-kyun, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy, Preity Zinta, Carlos Sastre, Viktor Kassai, and Buvaisar Saitiev. After her are Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Lou Bega, Taboo, J. A. Bayona, and Valentina Monetta. Among people deceased in 1988, Heather O'Rourke ranks 177. Before her are Lyman Lemnitzer, Christian Matras, Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, Margaret Mee, Ella Raines, and Victorio Unamuno. After her are Lazarus Salii, Louis L'Amour, Guillermo Haro, Hilda Gobbi, John Loder, and Max Black.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Heather O'Rourke ranks 7,425 out of 18,182. Before her are Fred Saberhagen (1930), Johnny Burnette (1934), Desmond Harrington (1976), Jeff Sessions (1946), James Dunn (1901), and Louis Sachar (1954). After her are Jeff Mills (1963), Simon Guggenheim (1867), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975), Charlene Tilton (1958), Kay Ivey (1944), and Sarah Silverman (1970).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Heather O'Rourke ranks 2,336. Before her are Catherine Oxenberg (1961), Terry Bradshaw (1948), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Albert Salmi (1928), Desmond Harrington (1976), and James Dunn (1901). After her are Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975), Charlene Tilton (1958), June Lockhart (1925), Ben Foster (1980), Gwen Verdon (1925), and Cathy Moriarty (1960).

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