ACTOR

Miriam Hopkins

1902 - 1972

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Ellen Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an American actress known for her versatility. She signed with Paramount Pictures in 1930. She portrayed a pickpocket in Ernst Lubitsch's romantic comedy Trouble in Paradise, a bar singer Ivy in Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miriam Hopkins has received more than 1,261,995 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Miriam Hopkins is the 3,068th most popular actor (down from 2,350th in 2019), the 4,656th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,811th in 2019) and the 1,386th most popular American Actor.

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  • 51.24

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Miriam Hopkins ranks 3,068 out of 13,578. Before her are Olivia Wilde, Elena Anaya, Maruschka Detmers, Emmy Rossum, Bob Anderson, and Akira Kamiya. After her are Carol Kane, Olga Desmond, Flora Robson, Daniel Duval, Jorja Fox, and George Lam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Miriam Hopkins ranks 187. Before her are Manuel Seoane, Jan Kiepura, Margaret Hamilton, Sylvain Arend, Henri Saint Cyr, and Moderato Wisintainer. After her are Flora Robson, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Georgette Heyer, Lon L. Fuller, Eva May, and Ida Siekmann. Among people deceased in 1972, Miriam Hopkins ranks 132. Before her are Rudolf Belling, Stanislaus Kobierski, W. Ross Ashby, Lee Beom-seok, Alfons Gorbach, and Günter Eich. After her are Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Deniz Gezmiş, Louise Arner Boyd, Jinichi Kusaka, Antal Szabó, and Abeid Karume.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Miriam Hopkins ranks 4,656 out of 20,380. Before her are Louis Leon Thurstone (1887), Fats Waller (1904), Lewis Terman (1877), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), Ellsworth Kelly (1923), and Richard Carpenter (1946). After her are Carol Kane (1952), Arthur Cronquist (1919), Chip Taylor (1940), Barbara Walters (1929), Jorja Fox (1968), and Adolph Gottlieb (1903).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Miriam Hopkins ranks 1,386. Before her are Margaret Hamilton (1902), Joe Dallesandro (1948), Robert Montgomery (1904), Julie Adams (1926), Olivia Wilde (1984), and Emmy Rossum (1986). After her are Carol Kane (1952), Jorja Fox (1968), Milo Ventimiglia (1977), Misha Collins (1974), Rachel Ticotin (1958), and Steve Kanaly (1946).

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Television and Movie Roles

Trouble in Paradise
Lily
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
Oct 30th 19327.4 / 10
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Ivy Pearson
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.
Dec 24th 19317.3 / 10
Design for Living
Gilda Farrell
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves so the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.
Dec 29th 19337.13 / 10