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Frances Bay

1919 - 2011

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Frances Evelyn Bay (née Goffman; January 23, 1919 – September 15, 2011) was a Canadian-American character actress and comedian. In a career that spanned 35 years, she acted in a variety of roles both in film and television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frances Bay has received more than 1,151,279 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Frances Bay is the 4,892nd most popular actor (down from 4,623rd in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Canada (down from 373rd in 2019) and the 109th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Frances Bays by language

Over the past year Frances Bay has had the most page views in the with 164,833 views, followed by German (9,533), and Spanish (7,808). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Romanian (176.19%), Finnish (63.58%), and Dutch (50.97%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Frances Bay ranks 4,892 out of 13,578. Before her are Anna Kanakis, Jean Parker, Valérie Kaprisky, Mr. Lawrence, Jed Allan, and Sebastián Rulli. After her are Cecilia Cheung, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Hahn, Tress MacNeille, André Hennicke, and Bert Lahr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Frances Bay ranks 263. Before her are David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, Richard Bergmann, Patricia Medina, Fritz Schwab, Nina Dumbadze, and Roy Cochran. After her are Jocelyn Brando, Cláudio Santoro, Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Axel von dem Bussche, Lance Macklin, and Leona Woods. Among people deceased in 2011, Frances Bay ranks 320. Before her are Gunnar Fischer, Jack LaLanne, Jan van Beveren, Joanna Russ, Iván Menczel, and Marie Ljalková. After her are Hubert Sumlin, Lewis Binford, Annie Easley, Robert Lamoureux, Henri Chammartin, and Walter Breuning.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Frances Bay ranks 381 out of 1,622. Before her are David Baszucki (1963), Jessalyn Gilsig (1971), Naomi Klein (1970), Kelly Rowan (1965), Feist (1976), and Wyndham Lewis (1882). After her are Mychael Danna (1958), Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), Louise Arbour (1947), August Ames (1994), Jack Pickford (1896), and Marie-Josée Croze (1970).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Frances Bay ranks 109. Before her are Heather Menzies (1949), Gordon Thomson (1945), Chief Dan George (1899), Xavier Dolan (1989), Jessalyn Gilsig (1971), and Kelly Rowan (1965). After her are Jack Pickford (1896), Marie-Josée Croze (1970), Shirley Douglas (1934), John Qualen (1899), Robert Joy (1951), and Sarah Chalke (1976).

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Television and Movie Roles

Happy Gilmore
Grandma
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.
Feb 16o 19966.6 / 10
Blue Velvet
Aunt Barbara
Clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field, the investigation soon catapulting him toward a disturbed nightclub singer and a drug-addicted sadist.
Sep 19o 19867.6 / 10
In the Mouth of Madness
Mrs. Pickman
An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.
Feb 3o 19957.211 / 10