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Diana Serra Cary

1918 - 2020

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Diana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery; October 29, 1918 – February 24, 2020), known as Baby Peggy, was an American child film actress, vaudevillian, author and silent film historian. She was the last surviving person with a substantial career in silent films. Baby Peggy was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent film era along with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diana Serra Cary has received more than 772,132 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Diana Serra Cary is the 6,743rd most popular actor (down from 6,411th in 2019), the 9,978th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,571st in 2019) and the 3,104th most popular American Actor.

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  • 770k

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  • 43.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Diana Serra Cary ranks 6,743 out of 13,578. Before her are Harry Melling, Aure Atika, Yang Yang, Maisie Williams, Erika Buenfil, and Beah Richards. After her are Helen Shaver, Daisuke Namikawa, Gaby Espino, Erin Gray, Reginald Denny, and George Brent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Diana Serra Cary ranks 288. Before her are Shunpei Uto, Lohengrin Filipello, Dick Esser, Duncan White, Avery Dulles, and Thelma Coyne Long. After her are Pearl Bailey, Jeanne Bates, Said Mohamed Jaffar, Elaine de Kooning, Eddy Arnold, and Alberto Héber Usher. Among people deceased in 2020, Diana Serra Cary ranks 628. Before her are Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, Finn Christian Jagge, Wojciech Zabłocki, Sumner Redstone, Beverly Pepper, and Aleksandar Ivoš. After her are Euphrase Kezilahabi, Dejan Dabović, Kevin Dobson, Maurice Moucheraud, Zlatko Portner, and Noël Vandernotte.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Diana Serra Cary ranks 9,978 out of 20,380. Before her are Arthur Alexander (1940), Richard Tucker (1913), Edward Rutledge (1749), Ed Macauley (1928), Beah Richards (1920), and Susan Collins (1952). After her are Ted Stevens (1923), Michael Novak (1933), Vicki Peterson (1958), Crane Wilbur (1886), Armistead Maupin (1944), and Penny Hardaway (1971).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Diana Serra Cary ranks 3,104. Before her are Devin Ratray (1977), Markie Post (1950), Tyler Hoechlin (1987), J. Carrol Naish (1896), Skipp Sudduth (1956), and Beah Richards (1920). After her are Erin Gray (1950), Nicholle Tom (1978), Samantha Smith (1969), Tony Martin (1913), Michael Pitt (1981), and Kevin Dobson (1943).

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Television and Movie Roles

Showbiz Kids
Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child.
Jul 14o 20206.9 / 10
Girl 27
Self
The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.
Jul 27o 20076.4 / 10
Helen's Babies
Toddie
A young man, who has vowed never to marry and doesn't particularly like children, is left in charge of his two very young nieces. At first they drive him to distraction, but then he begins to warm to them, and also to a beautiful young local girl.
Oct 11o 19245.6 / 10