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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 161,698 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Agnes Ayres is the 4,029th 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 1,813th most popular American Actor.

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  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Agnes Ayres ranks 4,029 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 1,813. 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

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