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Edmund Gwenn

1877 - 1959

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Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street (1947), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award. He received a second Golden Globe and another Academy Award nomination for the comedy film Mister 880 (1950). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Gwenn has received more than 1,260,981 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Edmund Gwenn is the 2,656th most popular actor (down from 2,201st in 2019), the 2,400th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,173rd in 2019) and the 336th most popular British Actor.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edmund Gwenn ranks 2,656 out of 9,996. Before him are Anthony Delon, Richard Burbage, Jacques Lecoq, Victoria Ruffo, Leo Genn, and Raymond Massey. After him are Tim Matheson, Tony Musante, Dorothy Lamour, Marcel Bozzuffi, Chris Vance, and Hume Cronyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Edmund Gwenn ranks 94. Before him are Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Charilaos Vasilakos, Viktor Dyk, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Maximilian Voloshin, and Charles Coburn. After him are Erich von Hornbostel, Wehib Pasha, Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Elin Pelin, and William Hope Hodgson. Among people deceased in 1959, Edmund Gwenn ranks 88. Before him are Henri Vidal, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Giovanni Pastrone, Aleksandr Khinchin, Kafū Nagai, and Charles Vidor. After him are Charles Starkweather, Bernard Berenson, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, Ragnar Nurkse, and Ernst Fast.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gwenn ranks 2,400 out of 7,765. Before him are Lesley Manville (1956), Michael Berry (1941), Benedict Biscop (628), Richard Burbage (1567), Gerry Adams (1948), and Leo Genn (1905). After him are William Gull (1816), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Brian Connolly (1945), Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), George Shearing (1919), and William Martin (1767).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Edmund Gwenn ranks 336. Before him are Tania Mallet (1941), Peg Entwistle (1908), Joss Ackland (1928), Lesley Manville (1956), Richard Burbage (1567), and Leo Genn (1905). After him are Chris Vance (1971), May Whitty (1865), Patricia Routledge (1929), Samantha Bond (1961), Jon Finch (1942), and David Tomlinson (1917).

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