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Joan Greenwood

1921 - 1987

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Joan Mary Waller Greenwood (4 March 1921 – 28 February 1987) was an English actress. Her husky voice, coupled with her slow, precise elocution, was her trademark. She played Sibella in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets, and also appeared in The Man in the White Suit (1951), Young Wives' Tale (1951), The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), Stage Struck (1958), Tom Jones (1963) and Little Dorrit (1987). Greenwood worked mainly on the stage, where she had a long career, appearing with Donald Wolfit's theatre company in the years following World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Greenwood has received more than 1,018,778 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Joan Greenwood is the 7,271st most popular actor (down from 6,729th in 2019), the 5,201st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,821st in 2019) and the 815th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joan Greenwood ranks 7,271 out of 13,578. Before her are Hitomi, Dick Jones, Arón Piper, Poppy, Sultan Rahi, and Christian Brando. After her are Amanda Blake, Robin Bartlett, Lupita Jones, Robert Reed, Susan Bernard, and George Murphy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Joan Greenwood ranks 431. Before her are Gene Saks, Beatrice Mintz, Naomi Parker Fraley, John Aston Sr., Kurt Marti, and Donald Campbell. After her are Ian Raby, Gilbert Stork, Marilyn Maxwell, Sheb Wooley, Bobby Wanzer, and Alan Hale Jr.. Among people deceased in 1987, Joan Greenwood ranks 239. Before her are Vincent Persichetti, Stanislav Lusk, Håkan Malmrot, Heinz Vollmar, Raya Dunayevskaya, and George Gulack. After her are Hermione Gingold, Rudolf Krause, José González Ganoza, Alice Terry, Paul Martin, and Robert O'Brien.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joan Greenwood ranks 5,201 out of 8,785. Before her are Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873), Janet Simpson (1944), Brian Jacques (1939), Harry Mallin (1892), and Duffy (1984). After her are Thomas Allen (1944), Julian Bailey (1961), Edmund Rubbra (1901), Tony Robinson (1946), Denis Healey (1917), and Prideaux John Selby (1788).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Joan Greenwood ranks 815. Before her are Sean Pertwee (1964), Lynn Fontanne (1887), Matthew Rhys (1974), Joe Cornish (1968), Harry Lloyd (1983), and Vanessa Angel (1966). After her are Tony Robinson (1946), Montagu Love (1877), Charlotte Riley (1981), Lionel Jeffries (1926), Nick Frost (1972), and Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865).

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