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Mercedes McCambridge

1916 - 2004

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Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress". She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her screen debut in All the King's Men (1949) and was nominated in the same category for Giant (1956). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mercedes McCambridge has received more than 1,866,219 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Mercedes McCambridge is the 1,557th most popular actor (down from 1,141st in 2019), the 2,610th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,037th in 2019) and the 732nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mercedes McCambridges by language

Over the past year Mercedes McCambridge has had the most page views in the with 210,547 views, followed by Spanish (16,661), and German (11,942). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (65.26%), Basque (55.28%), and Tagalog (51.93%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mercedes McCambridge ranks 1,557 out of 13,578. Before her are Anthony Steffen, Samantha Fox, Andrew Lincoln, Van Heflin, Maria Cebotari, and Melvyn Douglas. After her are Hugh Fraser, Werner Krauss, Barry Nelson, Maïwenn, Tod Browning, and Paul Lukas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Mercedes McCambridge ranks 96. Before her are Ri Jong-ok, Maria Altmann, Hubert Maga, Manea Mănescu, Stjepan Filipović, and Archie Moore. After her are Chiang Wei-kuo, John Basilone, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Bismillah Khan, M. S. Subbulakshmi, and Chiang Fang-liang. Among people deceased in 2004, Mercedes McCambridge ranks 92. Before her are Jerry Orbach, Shiing-Shen Chern, Russ Meyer, John Maynard Smith, Zenkō Suzuki, and Anthony Steffen. After her are Vasili Mitrokhin, Laura Betti, Umberto Agnelli, René Laloux, P. V. Narasimha Rao, and Jean Lefebvre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mercedes McCambridge ranks 2,610 out of 20,380. Before her are Mike Markkula (1942), Bill Hewlett (1913), Frank Marshall (1877), Van Heflin (1908), Melvyn Douglas (1901), and John C. Woods (1911). After her are Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Barry Nelson (1917), Adrian Smith (1944), Chester Carlson (1906), and Tod Browning (1880).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mercedes McCambridge ranks 732. Before her are Alicia Rhett (1915), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Ned Beatty (1937), Melissa Leo (1960), Van Heflin (1908), and Melvyn Douglas (1901). After her are Barry Nelson (1917), Tod Browning (1880), Lew Ayres (1908), Drew Barrymore (1975), J. T. Walsh (1943), and Susan Sullivan (1942).

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Television and Movie Roles

Giant
Luz Benedict
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Nov 8o 19567.6 / 10
Johnny Guitar
Emma Small
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.
May 26o 19547.4 / 10
The Exorcist
Demon (voice)
Twelve year old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest struggling with his own faith.
Dec 26o 19737.721 / 10