ACTOR

Agnes Ayres

1898 - 1940

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Agnes Ayres (born Agnes Henkel; April 4, 1892 – December 25, 1940) was an American actress who rose to fame during the period of silent films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agnes Ayres has received more than 148,132 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Agnes Ayres is the 4,025th most popular actor (down from 3,710th in 2019), the 5,990th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,641st in 2019) and the 1,812th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Agnes Ayres by language

Over the past year Agnes Ayres has had the most page views in the with 17,760 views, followed by Italian (1,936), and Spanish (1,656). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (136.30%), Volapük (103.33%), and Catalan (54.71%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Agnes Ayres ranks 4,025 out of 13,578. Before her are Emily Kinney, Caitriona Balfe, Mena Suvari, Nicholas Hoult, Amy Ryan, and Joel Kinnaman. After her are Linda Cardellini, Yunjin Kim, Rita Tushingham, Christopher Judge, Fritz Rasp, and Beverly Aadland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Agnes Ayres ranks 191. Before her are Zeki Rıza Sporel, Karolina Kózka, Nazik al-Abid, Norman Vincent Peale, Félix Sesúmaga, and Renée Adorée. After her are Mikhail Artamonov, Dorothy Gish, Alfred Schmidt, M. Ageyev, Boughera El Ouafi, and Harry Patch. Among people deceased in 1940, Agnes Ayres ranks 135. Before her are Phoebus Levene, Nikola Ivanov, Adam Zamenhof, Gheorghe Argeșanu, Einar Benediktsson, and Otto Toeplitz. After her are Xhafer Ypi, Paul Passy, Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, Saint-Pol-Roux, Piero Toscani, and Arthur De Greef.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Agnes Ayres ranks 5,990 out of 20,380. Before her are Mel Sheppard (1883), Susan George (1934), Steve Stevens (1959), Amy Ryan (1969), Paul Morrissey (1938), and Darren Young (1983). After her are Linda Cardellini (1975), John Thomas (1941), Frank Rosenblatt (1928), Niles Eldredge (1943), Christopher Judge (1964), and Bob Lazar (1959).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Agnes Ayres ranks 1,812. Before her are John Agar (1921), John Randolph (1915), Michael J. Pollard (1939), Emily Kinney (1985), Mena Suvari (1979), and Amy Ryan (1969). After her are Linda Cardellini (1975), Christopher Judge (1964), Beverly Aadland (1942), Pia Zadora (1953), Leila Hyams (1905), and Ed Begley Jr. (1949).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Sheik
Lady Diana Mayo
Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. Later, allowed to go into the desert, she escapes and makes her way across the sands...
Nov 20o 19216.1 / 10
Forbidden Fruit
Mary Maddock
Mary Maddock works as a seamstress to bring home money while her husband Steve, unemployed, has no real prospects of earning money. Mary's employers, are trying to strike an oil related business deal with a rich man by the name of Nelson Rogers. The deal does not seem to be on the table, as Mr. Rogers is leaving town shortly and does not have the time to work out the details of such a deal. In an order to entice him to stay, Mrs. Mallory - wife of Mr. Mallory who is proposing the business deal - convinces Mary to be her guest at a dinner party with the intent of making Mr. Rogers fall for her and thus stay long enough for Mr. Mallory to make him agree to a business deal.
Jan 3o 19216.1 / 10
The Love Goddesses
(archive footage)
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
Mar 3o 19656.2 / 10