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Sherman Hemsley

1938 - 2012

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Sherman Alexander Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) was an American actor. He was known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family (1973–1975; 1978) and The Jeffersons (1975–1985), Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC series Amen (1986–1991), and B. P. Richfield on the ABC series Dinosaurs. Hemsley also played Judge Carl Robertson on the NBC series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sherman Hemsley has received more than 4,290,360 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Sherman Hemsley is the 5,151st most popular actor (down from 3,274th in 2019), the 7,654th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,204th in 2019) and the 2,401st most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sherman Hemsley ranks 5,151 out of 9,996Before him are Beatriz Segall, Anita Stewart, Moon Geun-young, Ed Skrein, Jason Donovan, and Liz Smith. After him are Eric Andre, Minta Durfee, Kieran Culkin, Mischa Barton, Connie Stevens, and Rosa Salazar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Sherman Hemsley ranks 407Before him are Haruhiro Yamashita, Fritz d'Orey, Marcel Artelesa, Allen Toussaint, Omar Caetano, and Viktor Zhdanovich. After him are Connie Stevens, Danièle Dupré, Roberto Anzolin, Eppie Wietzes, Helen, and Hoyt Axton. Among people deceased in 2012, Sherman Hemsley ranks 319Before him are José Guardiola, Juan Pereda, Joe South, Chad Everett, Richard Rodney Bennett, and Sergey Nikolsky. After him are Gustaf Jansson, Pierre Adam, István Rózsavölgyi, Margaret Mahy, Doc Watson, and Ladislav Kuna.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sherman Hemsley ranks 7,654 out of 18,182Before him are Dick Button (1929), John Jeffries (1745), Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815), Alice Coachman (1923), Rudolph Rummel (1932), and Chuck Russell (1958). After him are Eric Andre (1983), Minta Durfee (1889), A. J. Foyt (1935), Kieran Culkin (1982), Ron Clements (1953), and Connie Stevens (1938).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sherman Hemsley ranks 2,401Before him are Kitty Winn (1944), Eliza Dushku (1980), Samantha Fox (1950), A Martinez (1948), Jaye Davidson (1968), and Anita Stewart (1895). After him are Eric Andre (1983), Minta Durfee (1889), Kieran Culkin (1982), Connie Stevens (1938), Ben Stein (1944), and Charlie Murphy (1959).

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