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Judy Holliday

1921 - 1965

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Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian and singer. She began her career as part of a nightclub act before working in Broadway plays and musicals. Her success as Billie Dawn in the 1946 stage production of Born Yesterday led to her being cast in the 1950 film version for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Judy Holliday has received more than 2,562,222 page views. Her biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Judy Holliday is the 2,787th most popular actor (down from 2,513th in 2019), the 4,318th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,038th in 2019) and the 1,257th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Judy Holliday ranks 2,787 out of 13,578. Before her are Lynn Cohen, Tyne Daly, Mildred Natwick, Lazar Ristovski, Jean Yanne, and Johnny Dorelli. After her are Tsuru Aoki, Frank Morgan, Joanna Shimkus, Amedeo Nazzari, Chieko Baisho, and Sven Wollter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Judy Holliday ranks 205. Before her are Harry Schell, Viktor Chukarin, Carmen Laforet, Joseph A. Walker, Jacques Lecoq, and Rashid Karami. After her are Ziya Bunyadov, Pierre Bec, Max Noether, Kurt Adolff, Søren Kam, and Frédéric Dard. Among people deceased in 1965, Judy Holliday ranks 108. Before her are Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, Jānis Balodis, Edward R. Murrow, Clemente Micara, John Kitzmiller, and Georges Vantongerloo. After her are Laureano Gómez, Roger Vailland, Ludwik Rajchman, Edgar Ende, Ramón Gil, and Johannes Bobrowski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Judy Holliday ranks 4,318 out of 20,380. Before her are Lynn Cohen (1933), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Aaron Russo (1943), Tyne Daly (1946), Jackie Gleason (1916), and Mildred Natwick (1905). After her are Patti LaBelle (1944), Frank Morgan (1890), Schuyler Colfax (1823), Pitbull (1981), Little Walter (1930), and Tommy Dorsey (1905).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Judy Holliday ranks 1,257. Before her are Kristanna Loken (1979), Eve Meyer (1928), Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Lynn Cohen (1933), Tyne Daly (1946), and Mildred Natwick (1905). After her are Frank Morgan (1890), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), Charles Bickford (1891), Movita Castaneda (1916), and Dyan Cannon (1937).

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