ACTOR

Fay Wray

1907 - 2004

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Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international recognition as an actress in horror films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fay Wray has received more than 2,372,227 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Fay Wray is the 1,984th most popular actor (down from 1,461st in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Canada (down from 111th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fay Wray ranks 1,984 out of 13,578. Before her are Carla Gravina, Noomi Rapace, Sibel Kekilli, Ray Winstone, Bernhard Wicki, and Barbara O'Neil. After her are Angela Winkler, Charles Grodin, Nell Gwyn, George Hilton, Tuba Büyüküstün, and Dan Hedaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Fay Wray ranks 142. Before her are Ramon Magsaysay, Roberto Cherro, Bo Gu, Ursula Kuczynski, Frederick Copleston, and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. After her are L. Sprague de Camp, Sergei Kruglov, Parvin E'tesami, Isaac Deutscher, Max Pauly, and Viktoria Brezhneva. Among people deceased in 2004, Fay Wray ranks 107. Before her are Helmut Griem, Gordon Cooper, Walter Frentz, Czesław Niemen, Artie Shaw, and Alexandra Ripley. After her are Paul Winfield, Ann Miller, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Thomas Gold, Franz König, and Hussein al-Houthi.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Fay Wray ranks 156 out of 1,622. Before her are Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Sid Meier (1954), Donald Arnold (1935), James Gosling (1955), Ted Kotcheff (1931), and Brian Kernighan (1942). After her are Hayden Christensen (1981), Albert W. Tucker (1905), John Tuzo Wilson (1908), Denys Arcand (1941), Shawn Mendes (1998), and Brian Mulroney (1939).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Fay Wray ranks 47. Before her are Katheryn Winnick (1977), Eugene Levy (1946), Tom Cavanagh (1963), Peter Cullen (1941), Raymond Burr (1917), and William B. Davis (1938). After her are Hayden Christensen (1981), Raymond Massey (1896), Henry Czerny (1959), James Doohan (1920), Elisha Cuthbert (1982), and Stana Katic (1978).

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