ACTOR

Dana Delany

1956 - Today

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Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956) is an American actress. After appearing in small roles early in her career, Delany received her breakthrough role as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television drama China Beach (1988–1991), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1989 and 1992. She received further recognition for her appearances in the films Light Sleeper (1992), Tombstone (1993), Exit to Eden (1994), The Margaret Sanger Story (1995), Fly Away Home (1996), True Women (1997), and Wide Awake (1998). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dana Delany has received more than 7,431,744 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Dana Delany is the 1,835th most popular actor (down from 1,655th in 2019), the 3,020th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,815th in 2019) and the 847th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dana Delanies by language

Over the past year Dana Delany has had the most page views in the with 1,171,613 views, followed by Russian (67,540), and French (64,393). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (117.28%), Afrikaans (92.42%), and Serbo-Croatian (71.09%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dana Delany ranks 1,835 out of 13,578Before her are Esther Williams, Tim Russ, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Perez, Dylan McDermott, and Liev Schreiber. After her are Kristina Söderbaum, Olof Thunberg, Octavia Spencer, William Powell, Frank Wolff, and Savitri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Dana Delany ranks 119Before her are Mircea Cărtărescu, Taur Matan Ruak, Bo Derek, GG Allin, Roderick MacKinnon, and Tim Russ. After her are John Paul Getty III, Steven Bauer, Afric Simone, Lisa Niemi, Pim Verbeek, and Trần Đại Quang.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dana Delany ranks 3,020 out of 20,380Before her are Robert Rossen (1908), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), Dylan McDermott (1961), Liev Schreiber (1967), Robert Morris (1931), and Richard Lester (1932). After her are Octavia Spencer (1972), William Powell (1892), John Paul Getty III (1956), The Miz (1980), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), and Kate Millett (1934).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dana Delany ranks 847Before her are Sydne Rome (1951), Esther Williams (1921), Tim Russ (1956), Dominic Chianese (1931), Dylan McDermott (1961), and Liev Schreiber (1967). After her are Octavia Spencer (1972), William Powell (1892), Frank Wolff (1928), Calista Flockhart (1964), Dan Castellaneta (1957), and Louis Gossett Jr. (1936).

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