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Jean Peters

1926 - 2000

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Elizabeth Jean Peters (October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000) was an American film actress. She was known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and as the second wife of Howard Hughes. Although possibly best remembered for her siren role in Pickup on South Street (1953), Peters was known for her resistance to being turned into a sex symbol. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Peters has received more than 3,325,005 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jean Peters is the 2,513th most popular actor (down from 2,157th in 2019), the 3,959th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,546th in 2019) and the 1,146th most popular American Actor.

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  • 52.63

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jean Peters ranks 2,513 out of 13,578. Before her are Carola Neher, David Boreanaz, Tom Ewell, Mark Rylance, Ha Ji-won, and Tetsurō Tamba. After her are Mack Swain, Kirin Kiki, Hume Cronyn, Gloria Holden, Frank Marshall, and Suriya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jean Peters ranks 202. Before her are Marian Jaworski, Bo Carpelan, Juan José Linz, Klaus Tennstedt, Hans-Jochen Vogel, and Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen. After her are Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Vitaly Vorotnikov, Rudi Gutendorf, Edgar Hilsenrath, José Alfredo Jiménez, and Yvonne Furneaux. Among people deceased in 2000, Jean Peters ranks 126. Before her are Claire Trevor, Abdul Haris Nasution, Leonidas Pyrgos, Alfred Schwarzmann, Bruno Zevi, and René Favaloro. After her are Edward Gorey, Charles Gray, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, Ferenc Farkas, Poul Hartling, and David Tomlinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean Peters ranks 3,959 out of 20,380. Before her are John W. McCormack (1891), Gary Burton (1943), Scott Carpenter (1925), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), and Nikos Galis (1957). After her are Mack Swain (1876), Marianne Williamson (1952), Frank Marshall (1946), David Wilkerson (1931), Lepke Buchalter (1897), and Larry Hankin (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jean Peters ranks 1,146. Before her are Blake Clark (1946), Lauren Holly (1963), Dabney Coleman (1932), Bob Balaban (1945), David Boreanaz (1969), and Tom Ewell (1909). After her are Mack Swain (1876), Frank Marshall (1946), Larry Hankin (1940), Virginia Cherrill (1908), Mae Marsh (1894), and Steve Cropper (1941).

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Television and Movie Roles

Pickup on South Street
Candy
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
May 27th 19537.4 / 10
Niagara
Polly Cutler
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.
Jan 26th 19536.8 / 10
Viva Zapata!
Josefa
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
Feb 7th 19526.9 / 10