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Mary Martin

1913 - 1990

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Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American actress and singer. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles on stage over her career, including Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949), the title character in Peter Pan (1954), and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1959). She was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Martin has received more than 1,746,273 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Mary Martin is the 4,584th most popular actor (down from 4,184th in 2019), the 6,841st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,511th in 2019) and the 2,129th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.7M

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  • 46.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mary Martin ranks 4,584 out of 9,996Before her are Richard Dysart, Alessandra Panaro, So Ji-sub, Gavin MacLeod, Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Jonelle Allen. After her are Gary Lockwood, John Schneider, Agnez Mo, Jake Weber, Giorgio Albertazzi, and Gil Birmingham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Mary Martin ranks 243Before her are Ed Ablowich, Ken Carpenter, Tibor Kemény, Franz Brunner, Helene Madison, and Claude Renoir. After her are Anni Steuer, Ruth Smith, Taos Amrouche, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Rudolf Harbig, and Ferenc Csik. Among people deceased in 1990, Mary Martin ranks 200Before her are Juliet Berto, Adri van Male, Erna Berger, Eve Arden, Aleksandra Chudina, and Manuel Anatol. After her are Lotte Jacobi, Frédéric Rossif, Oscarino Costa Silva, Chiara Badano, Max Bense, and Giorgio Ghezzi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Martin ranks 6,841 out of 18,182Before her are Richard Scarry (1919), Reginald Rose (1920), Gavin MacLeod (1931), Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), and Jonelle Allen (1944). After her are Dave Cowens (1948), Giuseppe Enrici (1896), Gary Lockwood (1937), Art Buchwald (1925), John Schneider (1960), and Rebecca Miller (1962).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mary Martin ranks 2,129Before her are Al Ernest Garcia (1887), January Jones (1978), Richard Dysart (1929), Gavin MacLeod (1931), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), and Jonelle Allen (1944). After her are Gary Lockwood (1937), John Schneider (1960), Gil Birmingham (1953), Mildred Davis (1901), Ashley Benson (1989), and Christopher Jones (1941).

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