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June Whitfield

1925 - 2018

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Dame June Rosemary Whitfield (11 November 1925 – 29 December 2018) was an English radio, television and film actress. Her big break was a lead in the radio comedy Take It from Here, which aired on the BBC Light Programme in 1953. Television roles soon followed, including appearances with Tony Hancock throughout his television career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of June Whitfield has received more than 2,536,072 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. June Whitfield is the 2,032nd most popular actor (up from 2,215th in 2019), the 1,932nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,101st in 2019) and the 259th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, June Whitfield ranks 2,032 out of 13,578. Before her are John Gavin, Paul Giamatti, Sho Kosugi, Lupe Vélez, Andréa Ferréol, and Georgy Vitsin. After her are Lauren Graham, Richard Jordan, Nancy Marchand, Tom Bosley, Andy Whitfield, and Judy Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, June Whitfield ranks 169. Before her are Kalle Svensson, Bauer, Nancy Roman, Alexei Tupolev, Elmore Leonard, and Doris Hart. After her are John DeLorean, Yuval Ne'eman, Krishna Sobti, Wojciech Has, Michael Dummett, and Arlene Dahl. Among people deceased in 2018, June Whitfield ranks 149. Before her are Nancy Roman, Per Kirkeby, Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Rachid Taha, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, and John Gavin. After her are José Antonio Abreu, Neil Simon, Lindsay Kemp, William Goldman, Anna Maria Ferrero, and Harlan Ellison.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, June Whitfield ranks 1,932 out of 8,785. Before her are Eddie Irvine (1965), Tobias Smollett (1721), Peter Yates (1929), Louisa Adams (1775), Richard Long (1945), and John Gould (1804). After her are Adele (1988), Andy Whitfield (1971), Arthur Rostron (1869), David Knopfler (1952), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, June Whitfield ranks 259. Before her are Pauline Moran (1947), Lilian Harvey (1906), Donald Crisp (1882), Ray Winstone (1957), Nell Gwyn (1650), and Julian Sands (1958). After her are Andy Whitfield (1971), Joan Hickson (1906), Rachel Kempson (1910), Penelope Wilton (1946), Dudley Moore (1935), and Cary Elwes (1962).

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Television and Movie Roles

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Mother
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!
Jul 1st 20165.3 / 10
Absolutely Fabulous
Mother
Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.
7.503 / 10
Jude
Aunt Drusilla
In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.
Feb 6th 19966.3 / 10