ACTOR

Dorothy Gish

1898 - 1968

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Dorothy Elizabeth Gish (March 11, 1898 – June 4, 1968) was an American stage and screen actress. Dorothy and her older sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great success on the stage, and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Gish has received more than 713,483 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Dorothy Gish is the 4,106th most popular actor (down from 3,247th in 2019), the 6,077th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,048th in 2019) and the 1,845th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dorothy Gish ranks 4,106 out of 13,578. Before her are Zhao Wei, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Tang Wei, Loretta Swit, Lee Aaker, and Sig Ruman. After her are Hu Die, Zooey Deschanel, Steven Williams, Tantoo Cardinal, Raaj Kumar, and Wolf Kahler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Dorothy Gish ranks 193. Before her are Nazik al-Abid, Norman Vincent Peale, Félix Sesúmaga, Renée Adorée, Agnes Ayres, and Mikhail Artamonov. After her are Alfred Schmidt, M. Ageyev, Boughera El Ouafi, Harry Patch, Ariel Durant, and Philippe Hériat. Among people deceased in 1968, Dorothy Gish ranks 161. Before her are Ruth St. Denis, Harry Stenqvist, Jess Willard, Mervyn Peake, Norman Brookes, and Enoch L. Johnson. After her are Antonio Pietrangeli, Mike Spence, Marion Lorne, Valentine Hugo, Franchot Tone, and Elly Ney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Gish ranks 6,077 out of 20,380. Before her are Mickey Kuhn (1932), Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), Loretta Swit (1937), Lee Aaker (1943), Tommy Gunn (1967), and Amy Lowell (1874). After her are Tommy Flanagan (1930), Zooey Deschanel (1980), E. E. Smith (1890), Donald Johanson (1943), Rene Bond (1950), and Steven Williams (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dorothy Gish ranks 1,845. Before her are Judge Reinhold (1957), Allen Garfield (1939), Mickey Kuhn (1932), Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), Loretta Swit (1937), and Lee Aaker (1943). After her are Zooey Deschanel (1980), Steven Williams (1949), Tom Lister Jr. (1958), Chuck Connors (1921), Scott Patterson (1958), and Barry Newman (1938).

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