The Resume

(May 25, 1929-July 2, 2007)
Birth name was Belle Silverman
Known as 'Bubbles'

Why she might be annoying:

She changed her name because she thought it sounded too Jewish.
She had a thick Brooklyn accent.

Why she might not be annoying:

There is an iris named 'Beverly Sills' in her honor.
She was unpretentious.
At age three, she won a beautiful baby contest.
She retired young, rather than singing past her prime.
After retiring from the stage, she gained success as General Director of the New York City Opera, and Chair of Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Opera.
Her children were both born with severe birth defects.
She raised millions of dollars for children's medicine and other charitable causes.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• B.O. and B.S.
• Belters
• Blackgama Furs - What Makes a Legend Campaign
• Born in Brooklyn, New York
• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Good Housekeeping Magazine's Most Admired Women - 07 [1976] (Ranked: 10)
• Good Housekeeping Magazine's Most Admired Women - 08 [1977] (Ranked: 6)
• Good Housekeeping Magazine's Most Admired Women - 09 [1978] (Ranked: 7)
• Good Housekeeping Magazine's Most Admired Women - 10 [1979] (Ranked: 6)
• Good Housekeeping Magazine's Most Admired Women - 11 [1980] (Ranked: 5)
• Good Housekeeping Magazine's Most Admired Women - 12 [1981] (Ranked: 6)
• Good Housekeeping Magazine's Most Admired Women - 13 [1982] (Ranked: 7)
• Hamilton College's Most Admired Women [1977] (Ranked: 22)
• Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year (Ranked: 1978)
• I Attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn
• I Attended Rudolph Giuliani-Judith Nathan's Wedding [May 24, 2003]
• I Died in 2007 (Ranked: 78)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[R-T]
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I Portrayed a Hooker
• I Portrayed a Queen
• I Portrayed Anne Boleyn
• I'm Buried at Kensico Cemetery [Valhalla, New York]
• Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 1985)
• More Chins than are in a Chinese Phone Book
• Muppet Show Guests
• My Child has Autism
• Nancy Reagan's 5 Most Admired People [October 1980] (Ranked: 3)
• National Women's Hall of Fame (Ranked: 1998)
• Opera Singers and Composers
• People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [1980] (Ranked: 1980)
• Profiles 10751-11000 (Ranked: 10789)
• Redheads - Female [M-Z]
• Sploshers [Overweight Women]
• Voted 'Most Likely to Succeed' in High School
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20070702)
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1968-1975]
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 98 Votes: 47.96% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 64 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 52 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 74 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 66 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 681 Votes: 43.32% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 92 Votes: 42.39% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 111 Votes: 36.94% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 344 Votes: 43.60% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 541 Votes: 43.07% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 671 Votes: 43.37% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 585 Votes: 41.20% Annoying