Box Office Popularity
Annual polls of British exhibitors for the Motion Picture Herald consistently listed Neagle as a leading box office star in her home country.
- 1937 - 8th most popular British star
- 1938 - 8th most popular British star
- 1939 - 6th most popular British star
- 1942 - most popular female British star
- 1945 - 8th most popular British star
- 1946 - 5th most popular British star
- 1947 - 3rd most popular star
- 1948 - most popular British star (2nd overall)
- 1949 - most popular star - the first time since the polls started that the most popular star in Britain had been a local
- 1950 - 3rd most popular star - fourth year in a row as most popular British star
- 1951 - 6th most popular star (2nd most popular British star)
- 1952 - 8th most popular British star - 6th year in a row as most popular female British star
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