ACTOR

Lupe Ontiveros

1942 - 2012

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Guadalupe Ontiveros (née Moreno; September 17, 1942 – July 26, 2012) was an American actress best known for portraying Rosalita in The Goonies, and Yolanda Saldívar in the film Selena. She acted in numerous films and television shows. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lupe Ontiveros has received more than 1,662,690 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Lupe Ontiveros is the 4,062nd most popular actor (down from 3,535th in 2019), the 6,040th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,421st in 2019) and the 1,831st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lupe Ontiveros ranks 4,062 out of 13,578. Before her are Predrag Bjelac, Benedicta Boccoli, Kim Dickens, Noël Roquevert, Yang Mi-kyung, and Amparo Rivelles. After her are Al Corley, Rosamund Kwan, Jesse Spencer, Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, Natalya Arinbasarova, and Peter Franzén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Lupe Ontiveros ranks 416. Before her are Rita Tushingham, Beverly Aadland, Guo Boxiong, Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Jeffrey Ullman, and Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini. After her are Tomasz Stańko, Roger McGuinn, Terenci Moix, Sergey Shakurov, C. J. Cherryh, and Richard O'Brien. Among people deceased in 2012, Lupe Ontiveros ranks 260. Before her are Vadim Glowna, Andy Griffith, Edvard Mirzoyan, Eugene Polley, François Migault, and Otto Stich. After her are Aleksandr Belyavsky, Heino Kruus, Davy Jones, Keith Campbell, Juan Francisco Lombardo, and Ignatius IV of Antioch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lupe Ontiveros ranks 6,040 out of 20,380. Before her are William Bonin (1947), Walter Burley Griffin (1876), John William Casilear (1811), Geraldine Ferraro (1935), Kim Dickens (1965), and Stan Hansen (1949). After her are Ben Sharpsteen (1895), Willie Colón (1950), W. C. Handy (1873), Al Corley (1956), Anthony Downs (1930), and Justin Gatlin (1982).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lupe Ontiveros ranks 1,831. Before her are Beulah Bondi (1889), Zach Braff (1975), Paul Dooley (1928), Mark Boone Junior (1955), Michael Cudlitz (1964), and Kim Dickens (1965). After her are Al Corley (1956), Carol Channing (1921), Shannon Elizabeth (1973), Estelle Taylor (1894), Denver Pyle (1920), and Margaret Avery (1944).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Goonies
Rosalita
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.
Jun 7o 19857.516 / 10
As Good as It Gets
Nora Manning
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
Dec 19o 19977.4 / 10
Universal Soldier
Gregor's Maid
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.
Jul 10o 19926.299 / 10