ACTOR

Anne Shirley

1918 - 1993

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Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyn Paris; April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993) was an American actress. Beginning her career as a child actress under the stage name Dawn O'Day, she adopted the stage name of Anne Shirley after playing the title character in the film adaptation of Anne of Green Gables in 1934, after which she achieved a successful career in supporting roles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne Shirley has received more than 1,422,066 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Anne Shirley is the 4,371st most popular actor (down from 3,578th in 2019), the 6,405th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,478th in 2019) and the 1,961st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Anne Shirley ranks 4,371 out of 13,578. Before her are Riccardo Scamarcio, Eriq La Salle, Cornell Borchers, Mädchen Amick, Michael Sarrazin, and Victor Buono. After her are Will Yun Lee, Stephen Moyer, Jack Coleman, Wagner Moura, Julia Nickson, and Dominique Dunne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Anne Shirley ranks 209. Before her are Charu Majumdar, Georges Berger, Rand Brooks, Zara Dolukhanova, Gunder Hägg, and Martin Lundström. After her are Robert Preston, Jacqueline Susann, Robert Ettinger, Vicente de la Mata, Joey Bishop, and Josef Bradl. Among people deceased in 1993, Anne Shirley ranks 190. Before her are Chris Hani, Alexander Mackendrick, Rudolf Wetzer, Mirza Ibrahimov, James Donald, and Štefan Uher. After her are Ivan Kozlovsky, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Jean Cau, Hans Werner Richter, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, and Mario Genta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anne Shirley ranks 6,405 out of 20,380. Before her are George Tenet (1953), Mädchen Amick (1970), Randal Kleiser (1946), Charlie Dominici (1951), Saul Alinsky (1909), and Victor Buono (1938). After her are Isaiah Thomas (1989), Will Yun Lee (1971), Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917), Robert B. Parker (1932), Gerald Guralnik (1936), and Richard Lewontin (1929).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Anne Shirley ranks 1,961. Before her are Maurice Costello (1877), John Ratzenberger (1947), Tom Wopat (1951), Eriq La Salle (1962), Mädchen Amick (1970), and Victor Buono (1938). After her are Will Yun Lee (1971), Jack Coleman (1958), Dominique Dunne (1959), Diana Muldaur (1938), Bob Sapp (1973), and Penelope Ann Miller (1964).

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