ACTOR

Wendy O. Williams

1949 - 1998

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Wendy Orlean Williams (May 28, 1949 – April 6, 1998) was an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the punk rock band Plasmatics. She was noted for her onstage theatrics, which included partial nudity, exploding equipment, firing a shotgun, and chainsawing guitars. Performing her own stunts in videos, she often sported a mohawk hairstyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wendy O. Williams has received more than 2,601,467 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Wendy O. Williams is the 5,113th most popular actor (down from 3,570th in 2019), the 7,456th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,464th in 2019) and the 2,303rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Wendy O. Williams by language

Over the past year Wendy O. Williams has had the most page views in the with 370,957 views, followed by Spanish (24,493), and German (20,868). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (162.28%), Swedish (29.66%), and Southern Azerbaijani (28.25%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wendy O. Williams ranks 5,113 out of 13,578. Before her are Skeet Ulrich, Lee Sung-kyung, Albrecht Becker, Nina Ananiashvili, Dylan Walsh, and Gladys George. After her are H. B. Warner, Edie Adams, Alex Kingston, María Corda, Margarita Xhepa, and Saoirse Ronan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Wendy O. Williams ranks 489. Before her are Nasser Hejazi, Noli de Castro, Loretta Devine, Debra Monk, Mitsunori Fujiguchi, and Fred Frith. After her are Venkaiah Naidu, Michael Bleekemolen, Karel Loprais, Marek Jędraszewski, Lyubov Polishchuk, and Jamaica Kincaid. Among people deceased in 1998, Wendy O. Williams ranks 236. Before her are Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Ferenc Sidó, James Algar, Patricia Hayes, Giovanni Valetti, and Betty Carter. After her are Alice Faye, Charles Lang, André Chorda, Jane Bell, Leo Buscaglia, and Bella Abzug.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wendy O. Williams ranks 7,456 out of 20,380. Before her are John Marin (1870), Leona Woods (1919), Wayne Newton (1942), Nancy Wilson (1954), Dylan Walsh (1963), and Gladys George (1904). After her are Edie Adams (1927), Michael Behe (1952), Hassler Whitney (1907), Philip Agee (1935), Dave Bing (1943), and Saoirse Ronan (1994).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Wendy O. Williams ranks 2,303. Before her are James Stacy (1936), Beth Broderick (1959), Bruce Kirby (1925), Robert Harron (1893), Dylan Walsh (1963), and Gladys George (1904). After her are Edie Adams (1927), Saoirse Ronan (1994), David Selby (1941), Karen Fukuhara (1992), Jaimie Alexander (1984), and Lola Falana (1942).

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Television and Movie Roles

Candy Goes to Hollywood
Herself
Bubble-brained Candy Christian travels to Hollywood to make it big and instead gets taken under the wing of a sleazy 'talent agent' bent on exploiting her for his own personal gain.
Jan 1o 19796.4 / 10
Reform School Girls
Charlie Chambliss
Jenny is sent to a women's reform school. It is run by evil warden Sutter and her henchwoman Edna. Jenny will stop at nothing to escape but she also has to deal with Charlie the bully.
Aug 22o 19865.846 / 10
MacGyver
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
7.724 / 10