WRITER

Bess Meredyth

1890 - 1969

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Bess Meredyth (born Helen Elizabeth MacGlashan, February 12, 1890 – July 13, 1969) was a screenwriter and silent film actress. The wife of film director Michael Curtiz, Meredyth wrote The Affairs of Cellini (1934) and adapted The Unsuspected (1947). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bess Meredyth has received more than 113,559 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Bess Meredyth is the 5,825th most popular writer (down from 5,531st in 2019), the 9,099th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,376th in 2019) and the 693rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The unsuspected
Drama, Murder, Amnesiacs
"In this murder mystery, a woman can not remember the man who claims to be her husband following the murder of a young girl. The woman's uncle runs a mystery radio show, which brings up the questions of who committed the murder, why they murder the girl and who is the man claiming to be her husband."--Container.
2009
The unsuspected
Drama, Murder, Amnesiacs
"In this murder mystery, a woman can not remember the man who claims to be her husband following the murder of a young girl. The woman's uncle runs a mystery radio show, which brings up the questions of who committed the murder, why they murder the girl and who is the man claiming to be her husband."--Container.
2009
The unsuspected
Drama, Murder, Amnesiacs
"In this murder mystery, a woman can not remember the man who claims to be her husband following the murder of a young girl. The woman's uncle runs a mystery radio show, which brings up the questions of who committed the murder, why they murder the girl and who is the man claiming to be her husband."--Container.
2009
The unsuspected
Drama, Murder, Amnesiacs
"In this murder mystery, a woman can not remember the man who claims to be her husband following the murder of a young girl. The woman's uncle runs a mystery radio show, which brings up the questions of who committed the murder, why they murder the girl and who is the man claiming to be her husband."--Container.
2009

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bess Meredyth ranks 5,825 out of 7,302. Before her are Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, Fatos Arapi, Miho Mosulishvili, Ann Bannon, Thomas Campbell, and Carol Shields. After her are Vasily Belov, Axel Merckx, Shaqe Çoba, Léon Frapié, Chaz Bono, and Timrava.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Bess Meredyth ranks 225. Before her are Per Nilsson, Béla Las-Torres, Albert Zürner, August Alle, Robert Ripley, and Angelo Zorzi. After her are Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Néstor Guillén, Eddie Rickenbacker, Harald Julin, Fred M. Vinson, and Gustaf Weidel. Among people deceased in 1969, Bess Meredyth ranks 214. Before her are Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich, Hans Rademacher, Barbara Bates, Willy Ley, Kazimierz Wierzyński, and Heinrich Hax. After her are Miklós Szilvási, Ben Alexander, Commodore Cochran, Bogumił Kobiela, Leonard Chess, and Raymond Flacher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bess Meredyth ranks 9,099 out of 20,380. Before her are Ann Bannon (1932), Robin Beck (1954), Carol Shields (1935), Adriano Directo Emperado (1926), Faye Grant (1957), and Albert Salmi (1928). After her are Evelyn Brent (1895), Cliff DeYoung (1945), Summer Glau (1981), Sam Childers (1963), Doc Watson (1923), and Scott Brady (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bess Meredyth ranks 693. Before her are Edward Abbey (1927), Iris Chang (1968), Sarah Orne Jewett (1849), Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850), Ann Bannon (1932), and Carol Shields (1935). After her are Chaz Bono (1969), M. Scott Peck (1936), Akiva Goldsman (1962), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Judy Blume (1938), and Daniel Goldhagen (1959).

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