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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 901,803 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Louella Parsons is the 5,018th most popular writer (down from 4,490th in 2019), the 7,456th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,631st in 2019) and the 607th most popular American Writer.

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  • 900k

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  • 45.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louella Parsons ranks 5,018 out of 5,755Before her are Ariel Durant, David S. Goyer, Ulrich Plenzdorf, Louis L'Amour, Margita Figuli, and Juan Zorrilla de San Martín. After her are Manuel Antônio de Almeida, Lőrinc Szabó, Idea Vilariño, Matthew Henry, Zofka Kveder, and You Xie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Louella Parsons ranks 166Before her are Eulalio Gutiérrez, Clive Bell, Abram Deborin, Huseyn Arablinski, Patrick Ryan, and John Svanberg. After her are Gunnar Setterwall, Yngvar Bryn, Henryk Grossman, Martin Sheridan, Désiré Beaurain, and Alexandre Lippmann. Among people deceased in 1972, Louella Parsons ranks 189Before her are Martim Mércio da Silveira, Carlos Cillóniz, Rainer von Fieandt, John Grierson, Pandurang Vaman Kane, and Marilyn Maxwell. After her are Isak Abrahamsen, Armandinho, Andreas Cervin, Wesley Ruggles, Juan Manuel Gálvez, and Frank Tashlin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louella Parsons ranks 7,456 out of 18,182Before her are Joan Hackett (1934), Stan Brakhage (1933), Jane Curtin (1947), Vic Damone (1928), Chris Owen (1980), and Stephen P. Synnott (1946). After her are Bella Hadid (1996), Liz Torres (1947), William J. Casey (1913), Kelly Rowland (1981), Big John Studd (1948), and Emile Hirsch (1985).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Louella Parsons ranks 607Before her are John Logan (1961), Fred Saberhagen (1930), Louis Sachar (1954), Marilyn Ferguson (1938), David S. Goyer (1965), and Louis L'Amour (1908). After her are Amy Lowell (1874), Michael Herr (1940), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Kate Wilhelm (1928), and Gwendolyn Brooks (1917).