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Deanna Durbin

1921 - 2013

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Edna Mae Durbin (December 4, 1921 – April 17, 2013), known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born actress and singer, who moved to the U.S. with her family in infancy. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Deanna Durbin has received more than 1,525,094 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Deanna Durbin is the 1,352nd most popular actor (up from 1,900th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Canada (up from 148th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Deanna Durbins by language

Over the past year Deanna Durbin has had the most page views in the with 134,205 views, followed by Russian (28,465), and Japanese (16,714). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (186.43%), Simple English (64.52%), and Belarusian (44.12%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Deanna Durbin ranks 1,352 out of 13,578. Before her are Fabre d'Églantine, Julia Ormond, Danny Kaye, Sophie Turner, Fabio Testi, and Allison Janney. After her are Nancy Allen, Bridget Fonda, Karl Urban, Frank Stallone, Margarita Lozano, and Annie Potts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Deanna Durbin ranks 120. Before her are Betty Friedan, Arno Babajanian, Gavriil Ilizarov, Ralph Asher Alpher, Stein Rokkan, and Manitas de Plata. After her are Philippe de Gaulle, Branko Stanković, Gitta Sereny, Wolfgang Borchert, Pierre Clostermann, and César Baldaccini. Among people deceased in 2013, Deanna Durbin ranks 105. Before her are Richard Ramirez, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Ray Harryhausen, Taihō Kōki, and Frederik Pohl. After her are Tuncel Kurtiz, Alvin Lee, Rosalía Mera, Colin Wilson, Dokka Umarov, and Bernadette Lafont.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Deanna Durbin ranks 111 out of 1,622. Before her are Justin Bieber (1994), Rachel McAdams (1978), James Randi (1928), Jean Chrétien (1934), Margot Kidder (1948), and Hubert Reeves (1932). After her are Walter Huston (1883), Myron Scholes (1941), Reginald Fessenden (1866), Paul Martin (1938), Rick Moranis (1953), and Linda Evangelista (1965).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Deanna Durbin ranks 31. Before her are Martin Short (1950), Michael Ironside (1950), Norma Shearer (1902), Nathan Fillion (1971), Rachel McAdams (1978), and Margot Kidder (1948). After her are Walter Huston (1883), Rick Moranis (1953), Bruce Greenwood (1956), Graham Greene (1952), Florence Lawrence (1886), and Eric McCormack (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

Lady on a Train
Nikki Collins / Margo Martin
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
Aug 3o 19456.6 / 10
Christmas Holiday
Jackie Lamont / Abigail Martin
Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat Robert Monette. Unfortunately, Robert has inherited his family's streak of violence and instability, and soon drags Abigail into a life of misery.
Jul 31o 19446.446 / 10
It Started with Eve
Anne Terry
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.
Sep 26o 19417.1 / 10