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Jean Porter

1922 - 2018

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Bennie Jean Porter (December 8, 1922 – January 13, 2018), known professionally as Jean Porter, was an American film and television actress, noted for her roles in The Youngest Profession (1943), Bathing Beauty (1944), Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945), Till the End of Time (1946), Cry Danger (1951), and The Left Hand of God (1955). Porter was married to Edward Dmytryk, who was one of the Hollywood Ten, the most prominent blacklisted group in the film industry during the McCarthy era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Porter has received more than 242,534 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). Jean Porter is the 8,398th most popular actor (down from 7,737th in 2019), the 12,395th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,461st in 2019) and the 3,924th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jean Porter ranks 8,398 out of 13,578. Before her are Chae Rim, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Emily Beecham, Tim Guinee, Laura Vandervoort, and Daniel Kaluuya. After her are Anne Jeffreys, Miki Itō, Bob McGrath, Thomas McDonell, Alan Rosenberg, and Keith Gordon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Jean Porter ranks 439. Before her are Bill Macy, Ivor Broadis, Miloslava Misáková, Audrey Meadows, Edwin Thompson Jaynes, and Joan Caulfield. After her are Ken Hughes, Herbert Goldstein, Esther M. Conwell, Graham Whitehead, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and Francis Pym. Among people deceased in 2018, Jean Porter ranks 534. Before her are Olivia Cole, Rafael Amador, Aleksandr Kurlovich, Tim O'Connor, Renate Dorrestein, and João W. Nery. After her are Bill Slater, Dipali Barthakur, Kuldip Nayar, Carole Shelley, Oliver Knussen, and Dennis Edwards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean Porter ranks 12,395 out of 20,380. Before her are John Kunkel Small (1869), Bryan Stevenson (1959), Ketanji Brown Jackson (1970), Tim Guinee (1962), Frank Brian (1923), and Janet Napolitano (1957). After her are Bud Shank (1926), Colson Whitehead (1969), Gertrude Mary Cox (1900), Uri Caine (1956), Ransom Riggs (1979), and Anne Jeffreys (1923).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jean Porter ranks 3,924. Before her are Dan Butler (1954), Justin Henry (1971), Angus Cloud (1998), Elinor Donahue (1937), Abraham Benrubi (1969), and Tim Guinee (1962). After her are Anne Jeffreys (1923), Bob McGrath (1932), Thomas McDonell (1986), Alan Rosenberg (1950), Keith Gordon (1961), and Ron Glass (1945).

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Television and Movie Roles

Cry Danger
Darlene LaVonne
After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.
Feb 23o 19516.7 / 10
The Left Hand of God
Mary Yin
A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his tough tactics prove very successful in the Seven Villages, as around them China disintegrates in civil war and revolution. But he has a secret, and his friendship with mission nurse Anne (an attractive war widow) seems to be taking on an unpriestly tone.
Sep 2o 19556.3 / 10
Bathing Beauty
Jean Allenwood
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.
Jun 27o 19445.8 / 10