ACTOR

Wendy Hiller

1912 - 2003

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Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was an English film and stage actress who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly 60 years. Writer Joel Hirschorn, in his 1984 compilation Rating the Movie Stars, described her as "a no-nonsense actress who literally took command of the screen whenever she appeared on film". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wendy Hiller has received more than 1,102,301 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Wendy Hiller is the 2,354th most popular actor (down from 1,621st in 2019), the 2,169th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,654th in 2019) and the 293rd most popular British Actor.

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  • 53.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wendy Hiller ranks 2,354 out of 13,578. Before her are Naomie Harris, Leonid Kanevsky, Michel Qissi, Cornelia Froboess, Peggy Lipton, and Daria Nicolodi. After her are Tuesday Weld, William Baldwin, Yvan Attal, Lisa Gastoni, Tom Holland, and Lloyd Bacon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Wendy Hiller ranks 161. Before her are Pierre Grimal, Andre Norton, Juan Carlos Aramburu, Rudolf Vytlačil, Eve Arnold, and Kurt Sanderling. After her are Alfred Schwarzmann, Rihei Sano, Boun Oum, Keisuke Kinoshita, B. D. Jatti, and Georges Franju. Among people deceased in 2003, Wendy Hiller ranks 137. Before her are Aleksandar Tišma, Martha Chase, Donald Davidson, Julinho, Howard Fast, and Albert Batteux. After her are Bernard Williams, Leopoldo Trieste, Tadao Horie, Nello Pagani, Henryk Jabłoński, and Giorgio Gaber.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wendy Hiller ranks 2,169 out of 8,785. Before her are Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Angela Carter (1940), Robert Burton (1577), Naomie Harris (1976), and Nevil Maskelyne (1732). After her are John Needham (1713), E. H. Shepard (1879), Tom Holland (1996), Ronald Colman (1891), Henry Percy (1364), and Patricia Bredin (1935).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Wendy Hiller ranks 293. Before her are Nigel Hawthorne (1929), Kevin McNally (1956), Charlie Hunnam (1980), Geraldine James (1950), Maryam d'Abo (1960), and Naomie Harris (1976). After her are Tom Holland (1996), Patricia Bredin (1935), Jerry Springer (1944), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967), Bob Peck (1945), and William Hartnell (1908).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Elephant Man
Mothershead
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Oct 9o 19808.04 / 10
A Man for All Seasons
Alice More
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
Dec 13o 19667.353 / 10
Murder on the Orient Express
Prinzessin Dragomiroff
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Nov 22o 19747.2 / 10