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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 2,106,147 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Shirley Knight is the 2,222nd most popular actor (up from 2,315th in 2019), the 3,563rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,768th in 2019) and the 1,022nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shirley Knight ranks 2,222 out of 13,578. Before her are Rose McGowan, Kate Jackson, Anthony Dawson, David Ogden Stiers, Edmond O'Brien, and Diana Hyland. After her are Ray Wise, Cameron Mitchell, James Fox, Henry Czerny, Charles Coburn, and George Raft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Shirley Knight ranks 213. Before her are Walter Koenig, Glenn Murcutt, Marion Chesney, Jim Brown, Joe Spinell, and Diana Hyland. After her are Lien Chan, Frank Caprio, Federico Luppi, Zdeněk Svěrák, Lucia Berlin, and Abbie Hoffman. Among people deceased in 2020, Shirley Knight ranks 201. Before her are Flavio Cotti, Branko Kostić, Zeev Sternhell, Jimmy McLane, Rishi Kapoor, and Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. After her are David Stern, Juan Marsé, David Graeber, Yuri Orlov, Ronald Harwood, and Gigi Proietti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Knight ranks 3,563 out of 20,380. Before her are Kate Jackson (1948), Bobby Jones (1902), David Ogden Stiers (1942), Dan Flavin (1933), Edmond O'Brien (1915), and Diana Hyland (1936). After her are Ray Wise (1947), Marcian Hoff (1937), Jeff Buckley (1966), Eric Dolphy (1928), Cameron Mitchell (1918), and David Stern (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Shirley Knight ranks 1,022. Before her are Marshall Bell (1942), Joe Spinell (1936), Kate Jackson (1948), David Ogden Stiers (1942), Edmond O'Brien (1915), and Diana Hyland (1936). After her are Ray Wise (1947), Cameron Mitchell (1918), Charles Coburn (1877), George Raft (1901), William Atherton (1947), and Joe Viterelli (1937).

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