ACTOR

Brenda Blethyn

1946 - Today

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Brenda Blethyn (née Bottle; born 20 February 1946) is an English actress. Known for her character work and versatility, she is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and a Cannes Film Festival Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmys. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama in 2003.Blethyn pursued an administrative career before enrolling at the Guildford School of Acting in her late 20s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brenda Blethyn has received more than 5,122,009 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Brenda Blethyn is the 1,003rd most popular actor (up from 1,183rd in 2019), the 1,100th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,302nd in 2019) and the 144th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Brenda Blethyns by language

Over the past year Brenda Blethyn has had the most page views in the with 730,685 views, followed by French (66,050), and Italian (51,783). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (585.14%), Czech (427.27%), and Urdu (353.00%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brenda Blethyn ranks 1,003 out of 13,578. Before her are Michael Gough, Geneviève Bujold, Renato Salvatori, Patrick Macnee, Peter Coyote, and Tomas Milian. After her are Lea Massari, Brion James, Conrad Veidt, Madeleine Stowe, June Carter Cash, and Paul Michael Glaser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Brenda Blethyn ranks 128. Before her are Artur Jorge, Laurent Fabius, Shlomo Sand, Joop Zoetemelk, Bigas Luna, and Robby Krieger. After her are Ruth Fuchs, Kabir Bedi, Rodrigo Lara, Lars Vilks, Peter Green, and Ahmed Faras.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brenda Blethyn ranks 1,100 out of 8,785. Before her are Joseph Swan (1828), Matilda of Scotland (1080), Ian Rush (1961), Henry Walter Bates (1825), James Dunlop (1793), and Patrick Macnee (1922). After her are Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (1936), Roger Scruton (1944), Mark Phillips (1948), George Shaw (1751), and Stevie Young (1956).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Brenda Blethyn ranks 144. Before her are Frank Oz (1944), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Dirk Bogarde (1921), Honor Blackman (1925), Helen McCrory (1968), and Patrick Macnee (1922). After her are Sydney Chaplin (1885), Hugh Griffith (1912), Taron Egerton (1989), Idris Elba (1972), Kiefer Sutherland (1966), and Keira Knightley (1985).

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