ACTOR

Carole Landis

1919 - 1948

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Carole Landis (born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste; January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948) was an American actress and singer. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 film One Million B.C. from United Artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carole Landis has received more than 1,627,291 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Carole Landis is the 3,247th most popular actor (down from 3,137th in 2019), the 4,891st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,897th in 2019) and the 1,459th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Carole Landis by language

Over the past year Carole Landis has had the most page views in the with 207,843 views, followed by German (13,084), and French (6,659). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (217.43%), Afrikaans (134.70%), and Czech (128.85%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Carole Landis ranks 3,247 out of 13,578. Before her are Rolan Bykov, Richard Kiley, Jonah Hill, Barry Pepper, Michelle Williams, and Joanna Pacuła. After her are Chris Vance, Scilla Gabel, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Hayley Mills, Butterfly McQueen, and Uhm Jung-hwa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Carole Landis ranks 187. Before her are Benny Moré, Mustai Karim, Trần Văn Trà, Anita O'Day, Sam Wanamaker, and Héctor Germán Oesterheld. After her are Hans Klenk, Lennie Tristano, Michèle Arnaud, Karl H. Pribram, Robert Pinget, and Gene Barry. Among people deceased in 1948, Carole Landis ranks 123. Before her are Harry Brearley, Louis Lumière, Nikolai Podvoisky, Sigrid Hjertén, August Hlond, and František Svoboda. After her are Sylvanus Morley, Edgar Leonard, C. Aubrey Smith, Amir Sjarifuddin, George Horine, and Emmy Hennings.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carole Landis ranks 4,891 out of 20,380. Before her are Zelda Rubinstein (1933), Richard Kiley (1922), Jonah Hill (1983), Eugene Garfield (1925), Michelle Williams (1980), and Hal B. Wallis (1898). After her are Roy Raymond (1947), John Neumeier (1939), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), Bill Richardson (1947), Eric Heiden (1958), and Joseph Brant (1742).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Carole Landis ranks 1,459. Before her are Gianni Russo (1943), Joel McCrea (1905), Zelda Rubinstein (1933), Richard Kiley (1922), Jonah Hill (1983), and Michelle Williams (1980). After her are Butterfly McQueen (1911), Joan Blondell (1906), John Terry (1950), Louis Wolheim (1880), Giovanni Ribisi (1974), and Gregory Hines (1946).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
May 13o 19387.452 / 10
Behind Green Lights
Janet Bradley
An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer into switching the corpse with another body. Lieutenant Sam Carson, one of the few good apples in the bunch must find a way to get to the bottom of it all.
Feb 15o 19465.6 / 10
I Wake Up Screaming
Vicky Lynn
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
Oct 31o 19416.8 / 10