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Joseph Cotten

1905 - 1994

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Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story (1939) and Sabrina Fair (1953). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Cotten has received more than 2,951,017 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Joseph Cotten is the 816th most popular actor (down from 785th in 2019), the 1,469th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,445th in 2019) and the 395th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joseph Cotten ranks 816 out of 13,578. Before him are Terence Stamp, Tom Skerritt, Emma Watson, Bubba Smith, Geneviève Grad, and Dennis Quaid. After him are Thomas Kretschmann, Orlando Bloom, Michael Madsen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Michael Rooker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Joseph Cotten ranks 55. Before him are Emmanuel Mounier, Nevill Francis Mott, Ivan Serov, Daniil Kharms, Kurt Gerstein, and Erika Mann. After him are Hans Urs von Balthasar, Angelo Schiavio, Albert Pierrepoint, Heinz Lammerding, Dolores del Río, and Sebastian Shaw. Among people deceased in 1994, Joseph Cotten ranks 62. Before him are Chung Il-kwon, Peter Cushing, Ken Noritake, Jean-Louis Barrault, Sylva Koscina, and John Candy. After him are Lionel Stander, Terence Young, Rollo May, Sebastian Shaw, Cesar Romero, and Nicolás Gómez Dávila.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Cotten ranks 1,469 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeff Bennett (1962), Robert Wise (1914), DJ Khaled (1975), Tom Skerritt (1933), Bubba Smith (1945), and Dennis Quaid (1954). After him are James Patterson (1947), Rose Kennedy (1890), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Paul Stanley (1952), David Gross (1941), and Barry Levinson (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joseph Cotten ranks 395. Before him are Walter Brennan (1894), Bruce Dern (1936), Jeff Bennett (1962), Tom Skerritt (1933), Bubba Smith (1945), and Dennis Quaid (1954). After him are Michael Madsen (1957), Michael Rooker (1955), Kelly Preston (1962), David Graf (1950), Macaulay Culkin (1980), and Patrick McGoohan (1928).

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