ACTOR

Nancy Olson

1928 - Today

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Nancy Ann Olson (born July 14, 1928) is an American retired actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sunset Boulevard (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films, and later appeared in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel, Son of Flubber (1963), as well as the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nancy Olson has received more than 1,022,028 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Olson is the 4,858th most popular actor (down from 3,604th in 2019), the 7,118th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,509th in 2019) and the 2,178th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nancy Olsons by language

Over the past year Nancy Olson has had the most page views in the with 148,486 views, followed by Italian (7,707), and Spanish (6,076). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (103.79%), Afrikaans (79.64%), and French (46.98%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nancy Olson ranks 4,858 out of 13,578. Before her are Rose Marie, Tim McInnerny, Charlotte Rae, Song Il-gook, Al Matthews, and Barbara Windsor. After her are Chad Michael Murray, Jason Biggs, Robert Carradine, Kelly Rowan, Luke Hemsworth, and Dale Dye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Nancy Olson ranks 414. Before her are Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Harold Becker, Othmar Schneider, Raúl Cárdenas, Valentin Muratov, and Jacques-Louis Lions. After her are Nunzio Gallo, Gerhard Stoltenberg, Ottavio Bugatti, Vic Damone, Gerino Gerini, and Hebe de Bonafini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Olson ranks 7,118 out of 20,380. Before her are Carol Shaw (1955), Craig Jones (1972), Jason Segel (1980), Charlotte Rae (1926), Edwin Hedley (1864), and Al Matthews (1942). After her are Mikaela Shiffrin (1995), Lucien Carr (1925), Jessica Jaymes (1979), Chad Michael Murray (1981), Little Crow (1810), and Jason Biggs (1978).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Nancy Olson ranks 2,178. Before her are Bruce Glover (1932), Jerry Van Dyke (1931), Alexandra Hedison (1969), Rose Marie (1923), Charlotte Rae (1926), and Al Matthews (1942). After her are Chad Michael Murray (1981), Jason Biggs (1978), Robert Carradine (1954), Dale Dye (1944), Nancy Cartwright (1957), and J. E. Freeman (1946).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Absent-Minded Professor
Betsy Carlisle
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
Mar 16o 19616.4 / 10
Flubber
Secretary at Ford Motor Company
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.
Nov 26o 19975.632 / 10
Sunset Boulevard
Betty Schaefer
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Aug 17o 19508.332 / 10