ACTOR

Cheng Pei-pei

1946 - 2024

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Cheng Pei-pei (6 January 1946 – 17 July 2024) was an actress, appearing mainly in Hong Kong films. Popularly known as "Queen of Swords" and "Queen of Martial Arts Films", Cheng starred in numerous successful wuxia and martial arts films in Hong Kong, and is widely considered cinema's first female action hero. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cheng Pei-pei has received more than 854,492 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Cheng Pei-pei is the 2,372nd most popular actor (down from 1,971st in 2019), the 725th most popular biography from China (down from 621st in 2019) and the 28th most popular Chinese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cheng Pei-pei ranks 2,372 out of 13,578. Before her are Alexander Kaidanovsky, Behrouz Vossoughi, Orson Bean, Savely Kramarov, Antonio Aguilar, and Elisha Cuthbert. After her are Madeleine Lebeau, Stana Katic, Nina Dobrev, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Colm Meaney, and Dean Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Cheng Pei-pei ranks 281. Before her are Ichiro Hosotani, Peggy Lipton, Karim Findi, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Alexander Kaidanovsky, and Renzo Zorzi. After her are Zhang Gaoli, Juan José Omella, Rabah Saâdane, Andrew Yao, Nataša Kandić, and Jeffrey Jones. Among people deceased in 2024, Cheng Pei-pei ranks 193. Before her are Ethel Kennedy, Lev Rubinstein, Giacomo Losi, Jorge Toro, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, and Galina Zybina. After her are John Amos, Milan Nenadić, Kishin Shinoyama, Abdulah Sidran, Neophyte of Bulgaria, and Dabney Coleman.

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In China

Among people born in China, Cheng Pei-pei ranks 725 out of 1,610. Before her are Han Suyin (1917), David Chiang (1947), Huang Gongwang (1269), François Cheng (1929), Feng Youlan (1895), and Zhang Qun (1889). After her are Zhang Gaoli (1946), Andrew Yao (1946), Faye Wong (1969), Nicholas Poppe (1897), Shi Lang (1621), and Yang Liwei (1965).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Cheng Pei-pei ranks 28. Before her are Lee Hoi-chuen (1901), Lau Kar-leung (1934), James Tien (1942), Fan Bingbing (1981), Ng Man-tat (1952), and David Chiang (1947). After her are Faye Wong (1969), Bai Ling (1966), Wu Ma (1942), Lydia Shum (1945), Ricky Hui (1946), and Gordon Liu (1951).

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