ACTOR

Nell Carter

1948 - 2003

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Nell Carter (born Nell Ruth Hardy; September 13, 1948 – January 23, 2003) was an American actress and singer. Carter began her career in 1970, singing in the theater, and later began work on television. She was best known for her role as Nell Harper on the sitcom Gimme a Break!, which aired from 1981 to 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nell Carter has received more than 2,744,300 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Nell Carter is the 9,789th most popular actor (down from 9,116th in 2019), the 14,321st most popular biography from United States (down from 13,305th in 2019) and the 4,586th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nell Carter ranks 9,789 out of 13,578. Before her are Kelly Osbourne, Kim Min-jae, Finn Jones, Genevieve Tobin, Neus Asensi, and Tabitha St. Germain. After her are Robert James-Collier, Polly Draper, Gertrude Berg, Claire Dodd, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and Jaime Ray Newman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Nell Carter ranks 758. Before her are Jim Crawford, Colin Todd, Guy Standing, Ali Mohamed Shein, Byron K. Lichtenberg, and Mariann Aalda. After her are Nancy Lynch, Teresa Graves, Pat Quinn, Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury, Farooq Sheikh, and Jay Thomas. Among people deceased in 2003, Nell Carter ranks 372. Before her are Gerald Emmett Carter, Chris Brasher, Ellen Drew, Shawn Lane, Johnny Paul Koroma, and Slim Dusty. After her are Leela Chitnis, Adam Faith, Malcolm Williamson, Johnny Boyd, Penny Singleton, and William Roth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nell Carter ranks 14,321 out of 20,380. Before her are Colin Kaepernick (1987), Genevieve Tobin (1899), Madison Beer (1999), Alexander Wang (1983), F. Drew Gaffney (1946), and Tabitha St. Germain (1964). After her are Polly Draper (1955), Gertrude Berg (1899), Betty Wright (1953), Claire Dodd (1911), Jaime Ray Newman (1978), and B.J. Penn (1978).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Nell Carter ranks 4,586. Before her are John Francis Daley (1985), Max Greenfield (1980), Kira Kosarin (1997), Erin Daniels (1973), Genevieve Tobin (1899), and Tabitha St. Germain (1964). After her are Polly Draper (1955), Gertrude Berg (1899), Claire Dodd (1911), Jaime Ray Newman (1978), Max Casella (1967), and Rob Corddry (1971).

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Television and Movie Roles

Gimme a Break!
Nell Harper
Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.
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Ain't Got No' / 'White Boys
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.
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Modern Problems
Dorita
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
Dec 25th 19815.4 / 10