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Valerie Harper

1939 - 2019

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Valerie Kathryn Harper (August 22, 1939 – August 30, 2019) was an American actress. She began her career as a dancer on Broadway, making her debut as a replacement in the musical Li'l Abner. She is best remembered for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) and its spinoff Rhoda (1974–1978). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valerie Harper has received more than 5,864,322 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Valerie Harper is the 6,111th most popular actor (down from 5,499th in 2019), the 8,961st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,203rd in 2019) and the 2,790th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Valerie Harpers by language

Over the past year Valerie Harper has had the most page views in the with 532,444 views, followed by German (7,247), and Italian (4,928). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malay (75.84%), Afrikaans (48.80%), and Simple English (37.16%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Valerie Harper ranks 6,111 out of 13,578. Before her are Melissa Roxburgh, Bronson Pinchot, Scott Speedman, Walter Slezak, Katya Paskaleva, and Kathryn Beaumont. After her are Martin Klebba, Marc Cherry, Tammy Grimes, Judith O'Dea, Cathleen Nesbitt, and Binnie Barnes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Valerie Harper ranks 490. Before her are Elizabeth Ashley, Jalal Dabagh, Koldo Aguirre, Rudolf Bayer, Alexey Korneyev, and Yoshinobu Miyake. After her are Subramanian Swamy, Hildrun Laufer-Claus, Edoardo Menichelli, George F. R. Ellis, Nanda, and Anjanette Comer. Among people deceased in 2019, Valerie Harper ranks 436. Before her are Michael D. Coe, Caroll Spinney, Daniel Johnston, John Paul Stevens, Heather Harper, and Halvard Hanevold. After her are Jeremy Kemp, Eduard Krieger, Carmine Caridi, D. A. Pennebaker, Jeon Mi-seon, and Nadja Regin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Valerie Harper ranks 8,961 out of 20,380. Before her are Charlie Puth (1991), Jared Martin (1941), Bronson Pinchot (1959), Narada Michael Walden (1952), Frank Pierson (1925), and John Morton (1725). After her are Alberta Hunter (1895), John Canfield Spencer (1788), Martin Klebba (1969), Iris Chang (1968), Frank Buckles (1901), and Marc Cherry (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Valerie Harper ranks 2,790. Before her are Ella Hall (1896), Eleanor Boardman (1898), Richard Long (1927), Annette Funicello (1942), Jared Martin (1941), and Bronson Pinchot (1959). After her are Martin Klebba (1969), Marc Cherry (1962), Tammy Grimes (1934), Judith O'Dea (1945), Bruce Abbott (1954), and Jon Tenney (1961).

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Television and Movie Roles

Blame It on Rio
Karen Hollis
Matthew Hollis is man on holiday in Rio with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with them. When Matthew falls for his best friend's amorous daughter named Jennifer, they embark on a secret, if slightly one-sided relationship. Jennifer's father is furious when he finds out about the 'older man' in his daughter's life, and sets out to hunt him down with the aid of Matthew!
Feb 17o 19845.6 / 10
Night Terror
Carol Turney
A housewife flees from a policeman's killer on the road between Phoenix and Denver.
Feb 7o 19776.3 / 10
Rhoda
Rhoda Morgenstern
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky, weight-conscious, flamboyantly fashioned Jewish neighbor and native New Yorker in the role of Mary Richards' best friend. After four seasons, Rhoda left Minneapolis and returned to her original hometown of New York City. The series is noted for breaking two television records, and was the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards. Rhoda was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.
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