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Shirley Knight

1936 - 2020

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Shirley Knight Hopkins (July 5, 1936 – April 22, 2020) was an American actress who appeared in more than 50 feature films, television films, television series, and Broadway and Off-Broadway productions in her career, playing leading and character roles. She was a member of the Actors Studio. Knight was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shirley Knight has received more than 1,975,716 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Shirley Knight is the 2,318th most popular actor (down from 790th in 2019), the 3,778th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,481st in 2019) and the 1,109th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shirley Knight ranks 2,318 out of 9,996. Before her are Bryce Dallas Howard, Dennis Haysbert, Isaiah Washington, Eileen Brennan, Diane Baker, and Barbara Harris. After her are Michael Hui, Song Hye-kyo, Connie Booth, Henry Ian Cusick, Liz Sheridan, and Charles Gérard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Shirley Knight ranks 210. Before her are Robert Langlands, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Valentín Paniagua, Ferran Olivella, Hermeto Pascoal, and Reiner Klimke. After her are Federico Luppi, Gábor Szabó, Pavol Molnár, Zhong Nanshan, Toralf Engan, and Juliette Mayniel. Among people deceased in 2020, Shirley Knight ranks 210. Before her are Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, Suzy Delair, Edén Pastora, Sonja Ziemann, Yuri Orlov, and Walid Muallem. After her are Milton Glaser, Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Tony Allen, Enzo Mari, Zeev Sternhell, and Rolf Hochhuth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Knight ranks 3,778 out of 18,182. Before her are Don Simpson (1943), Isaiah Washington (1963), Eileen Brennan (1932), Diane Baker (1938), Ron McGovney (1962), and Barbara Harris (1935). After her are Charlie Christian (1916), Connie Booth (1944), John Henry Schwarz (1941), Liz Sheridan (1929), William Powell (1892), and Charlie Haden (1937).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Shirley Knight ranks 1,109. Before her are Bryce Dallas Howard (1981), Dennis Haysbert (1954), Isaiah Washington (1963), Eileen Brennan (1932), Diane Baker (1938), and Barbara Harris (1935). After her are Connie Booth (1944), Liz Sheridan (1929), William Powell (1892), Charles Bickford (1891), Linda Darnell (1923), and William Conrad (1920).

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