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Nancy Walker

1922 - 1992

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Nancy Walker (born Anna Myrtle Swoyer; May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress and comedian of stage, screen, and television. She was also a film and television director (lending her talents to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, on which she also made several guest appearances). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nancy Walker has received more than 1,704,715 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Nancy Walker is the 5,011th most popular actor (down from 3,579th in 2019), the 7,309th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,480th in 2019) and the 2,251st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Nancy Walkers by language

Over the past year Nancy Walker has had the most page views in the with 226,826 views, followed by German (18,760), and Italian (8,806). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (182.83%), Simple English (163.12%), and Malagasy (139.22%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nancy Walker ranks 5,011 out of 13,578. Before her are Rafaela Aparicio, Sara Ramirez, Elizabeth Spriggs, Olivia Harrison, Madalena Iglésias, and Wallace Ford. After her are Patrick St. Esprit, Nana Patekar, Pavel Kadochnikov, Jeffrey Combs, John Hawkes, and Betty Nansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Nancy Walker ranks 314. Before her are China Zorrilla, Hannelore Schroth, Oscar Pettiford, Edwin Vásquez, Kathryn Grayson, and Marcel Mouloudji. After her are Mariya Polivanova, Coleen Gray, Roger Gautier, Gustav Freij, Warwick Estevam Kerr, and Per Olof Sundman. Among people deceased in 1992, Nancy Walker ranks 209. Before her are Neville Brand, Roque Olsen, Georges Beuchat, Luigi Marchisio, Mohamed Benhima, and Luka Lipošinović. After her are Luis Alcoriza, Per Olof Sundman, Nguyễn Thị Định, Ronnie Bucknum, Jan Flinterman, and Zoltán Lajos Bay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Walker ranks 7,309 out of 20,380. Before her are Warren Farrell (1943), Olivia Harrison (1948), Alan Taylor (1959), Buddy DeFranco (1923), William J. Casey (1913), and Tony Trabert (1930). After her are Patrick St. Esprit (1954), Patrick Rothfuss (1973), Barbara Morgan (1951), Beverly Sills (1929), Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), and Jeffrey Combs (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Nancy Walker ranks 2,251. Before her are Gary Merrill (1915), Ken Foree (1948), Shemp Howard (1895), Jane Wyatt (1910), Amy Smart (1976), and Olivia Harrison (1948). After her are Patrick St. Esprit (1954), Jeffrey Combs (1954), John Hawkes (1959), Edward Burns (1968), Alan Oppenheimer (1930), and Lili Taylor (1967).

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Television and Movie Roles

McMillan & Wife
Mildred
McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created specially for the Mystery Movie strand.
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Murder by Death
Maid
Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.
Jun 23o 19767.191 / 10
The World's Greatest Athlete
Mrs. Petersen
Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he can reverse the school's athletic fortunes. An African vacation with his assistant (Tim Conway) answers Archer's prayers when he spots the athletically gifted Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent). Sam counts on Nanu's remarkable abilities to put the team back on the winning track. This upbeat farce boasts an impressive cast of comedians.
Feb 14o 19735.296 / 10