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Imelda Staunton

1956 - Today

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Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 1956) is an English actress and singer. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in 1976 and appeared in various theatre productions in the United Kingdom. Staunton has performed in a variety of plays and musicals in London throughout her career, winning four Laurence Olivier Awards; three for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her roles in the musicals Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, and Gypsy, and one for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play for her work in both A Chorus of Disapproval and The Corn Is Green. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Imelda Staunton has received more than 8,136,338 page views. Her biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Imelda Staunton is the 713th most popular actor (down from 629th in 2019), the 842nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 782nd in 2019) and the 108th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Imelda Stauntons by language

Over the past year Imelda Staunton has had the most page views in the with 1,342,816 views, followed by German (136,045), and French (116,547). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (1,686.59%), Simple English (218.71%), and Urdu (172.68%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Imelda Staunton ranks 713 out of 13,578. Before her are Pedro Armendáriz, Lois Maxwell, Robert Taylor, Setsuko Hara, Pete Postlethwaite, and Alyson Hannigan. After her are Lale Andersen, Owen Wilson, Jean-Claude Brialy, Rex Harrison, María Félix, and Angela Bassett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Imelda Staunton ranks 40. Before her are Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Aileen Wuornos, Ravi Shankar, Zbigniew Boniek, Kim Cattrall, and Michael Connelly. After her are Eric Roberts, Marc Dutroux, Alexey Pajitnov, Danny Boyle, Larry Bird, and Steve Harris.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Imelda Staunton ranks 842 out of 8,785. Before her are William Bateson (1861), John William Polidori (1795), Alan Parsons (1948), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Anthony James Leggett (1938), and Pete Postlethwaite (1946). After her are James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905), Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), Charles George Gordon (1833), and Rex Harrison (1908).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Imelda Staunton ranks 108. Before her are Tom Conti (1941), Tim Roth (1961), Kim Cattrall (1956), Peter Cushing (1913), Derek Jacobi (1938), and Pete Postlethwaite (1946). After her are Rex Harrison (1908), Michael York (1942), Ray Milland (1907), Andy Serkis (1964), Boris Karloff (1887), and Benedict Cumberbatch (1976).

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Television and Movie Roles

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