WRITER

Louella Parsons

1881 - 1972

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Louella Rose Oettinger, (August 6, 1881 – December 9, 1972) known professionally as Louella Parsons, was an American gossip columnist and a screenwriter. At her peak, her columns were read by 20 million people in 700 newspapers worldwide. She was the first writer of a dedicated column on motion pictures in the United States, writing one in 1914 for the Chicago Record-Herald. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louella Parsons has received more than 972,834 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Louella Parsons is the 5,135th most popular writer (down from 5,001st in 2019), the 7,324th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,441st in 2019) and the 577th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 970k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louella Parsons ranks 5,135 out of 7,302. Before her are Enzo Biagi, Patrick Rothfuss, Emil František Burian, Laura Cereta, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, and Harold Russell. After her are Margita Figuli, Albert Mol, Joe Eszterhas, Alfonso Sastre, Walter M. Miller Jr., and Wolfgang Hildesheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Louella Parsons ranks 182. Before her are Allauddin Khan, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Juan José de Amézaga, Gunnar Setterwall, Jim Bellamy, and Alexandre Lippmann. After her are Kristian Prestrud, Alfredo Gollini, Valerian Albanov, Ricardo Samper, William Clothier, and Howard Valentine. Among people deceased in 1972, Louella Parsons ranks 191. Before her are Américo Castro, Theodor Blank, Boris Livanov, Sven Markelius, John Grierson, and Aharon Katzir. After her are Rainer von Fieandt, Armandinho, Havergal Brian, Gavriil Popov, David Hall, and Ntare V of Burundi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louella Parsons ranks 7,324 out of 20,380. Before her are John Hawkes (1959), Anna Sui (1952), Will Wright (1960), Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876), Joseph Williams (1960), and Vanessa Blue (1974). After her are Edward Burns (1968), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), Alan Oppenheimer (1930), Pete Docter (1968), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), and William Luther Pierce (1933).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Louella Parsons ranks 577. Before her are Alan Dean Foster (1946), Jack Finney (1911), Frank Norris (1870), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Warren Farrell (1943), and Patrick Rothfuss (1973). After her are Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), Eve Ensler (1953), Richard Powers (1957), Ernie Pyle (1900), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), and Philip Agee (1935).

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