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Jane Powell

1929 - 2021

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Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce; April 1, 1929 – September 16, 2021) was an American actress, singer, and dancer who appeared in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals in the 1940s and 50s. With her soprano voice and girl-next-door image, Powell appeared in films, television and on the stage, performing in the musicals A Date with Judy (1948), Royal Wedding (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and Hit the Deck (1955).In the 1950s Powell starred in the film noir The Female Animal (1958) and adventure film Enchanted Island (1958). She made appearances on stage in My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music, and television appearances in guest roles on The Love Boat (1981–1982) and the sitcom Growing Pains (1988–1992). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jane Powell has received more than 2,778,555 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Powell is the 3,235th most popular actor (down from 1,630th in 2019), the 4,877th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,788th in 2019) and the 1,452nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jane Powells by language

Over the past year Jane Powell has had the most page views in the with 234,894 views, followed by Spanish (17,380), and Italian (15,001). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (92.63%), Spanish (91.37%), and Armenian (87.20%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jane Powell ranks 3,235 out of 13,578. Before her are Frank Gorshin, Manoj Kumar, Maggie Grace, Jenette Goldstein, Kristen Bell, and Aliki Vougiouklaki. After her are Gianni Russo, Simon MacCorkindale, Joel McCrea, Raimu, Zelda Rubinstein, and Rolan Bykov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Jane Powell ranks 275. Before her are Marilyn French, Paavo Berglund, Kiki Håkansson, Carlo Ubbiali, Walter Kempowski, and Duje Bonačić. After her are Rolan Bykov, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Ruth Pfau, Vang Pao, Ninón Sevilla, and John Henry Holland. Among people deceased in 2021, Jane Powell ranks 276. Before her are Philippe Jaccottet, Verónica Forqué, Gimax, Friederike Mayröcker, Pavol Molnár, and José Freire Falcão. After her are C. George Boeree, Akira Miyawaki, Giuseppe Rotunno, Sam Jones, Hana Hegerová, and William Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jane Powell ranks 4,877 out of 20,380. Before her are Kristen Bell (1980), Todd Phillips (1970), Daniel Kirkwood (1814), Woody Herman (1913), Fred Thompson (1942), and George Catlin (1796). After her are Henry Adams (1838), Gianni Russo (1943), Seka (1954), Michael S. Hart (1947), Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930), and Joel McCrea (1905).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jane Powell ranks 1,452. Before her are Gregory Itzin (1948), John Stamos (1963), Frank Gorshin (1933), Maggie Grace (1983), Jenette Goldstein (1960), and Kristen Bell (1980). After her are Gianni Russo (1943), Joel McCrea (1905), Zelda Rubinstein (1933), Richard Kiley (1922), Jonah Hill (1983), and Michelle Williams (1980).

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Television and Movie Roles

Royal Wedding
Ellen Bowen
Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a British love interest, Ellen with Lord John Brindale and Tom with dancer Anne Ashmond.
Mar 8o 19516.4 / 10
Hit the Deck
Susan Smith
Sailors on leave in San Francisco get mixed up in love and show business.
Feb 24o 19555.227 / 10
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Bride Milly Pontipee
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Jul 22o 19547.2 / 10