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Helen Morgan

1900 - 1941

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Helen Morgan (née Riggins; August 2, 1900 – October 9, 1941) was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s. She starred as Julie LaVerne in the original Broadway production of Hammerstein and Kern's musical Show Boat in 1927, as well as in the 1932 Broadway revival of the musical, and appeared in two film adaptations, a part-talkie made in 1929 (prologue only) and a full-sound version made in 1936, becoming firmly associated with the role. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Morgan has received more than 381,205 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Helen Morgan is the 8,306th most popular actor (down from 7,168th in 2019), the 12,211th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,002nd in 2019) and the 4,036th most popular American Actor.

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  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Helen Morgan ranks 8,306 out of 9,996. Before her are Linh Dan Pham, Samuel West, Rafael Amaya, Timothy Omundson, Dorothy Dell, and Odette Annable. After her are Charles Murray, Polly Ann Young, Deng Chao, Aya Hirano, Phil Morris, and Kayla Ewell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Helen Morgan ranks 303. Before her are Albert Hackett, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Beatrix Loughran, Horatio Fitch, Coral Buttsworth, and Alastair Sim. After her are Alan Bush, Taffy Abel, and Mony Marc. Among people deceased in 1941, Helen Morgan ranks 185. Before her are Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, James Stephenson, Herbert Adamski, William Gibbs McAdoo, Gus Kahn, and Peggy Shannon. After her is Charles Murray.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Morgan ranks 12,211 out of 18,182. Before her are Timothy Omundson (1969), Dorothy Dell (1915), Alvin Robertson (1962), Michael Morhaime (1967), Odette Annable (1985), and Brad Gilbert (1961). After her are Don Branson (1920), Art Cross (1918), Israel Albert Horowitz (1907), Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (1922), Charles Murray (1872), and Polly Ann Young (1908).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Helen Morgan ranks 4,036. Before her are Jeff Bergman (1960), Chris Wood (1988), Jack Webb (1920), Timothy Omundson (1969), Dorothy Dell (1915), and Odette Annable (1985). After her are Charles Murray (1872), Polly Ann Young (1908), Phil Morris (1959), Kayla Ewell (1985), Adele Mara (1923), and Kate Flannery (1964).

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