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Frances Bay

1919 - 2011

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Frances Evelyn Bay (née Goffman; January 1, 1919 – September 15, 2011) was a Canadian and American character actress and comedienne. In a career that spanned 35 years, she acted in a variety of roles both in film and television. Bay was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frances Bay has received more than 1,355,235 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Frances Bay is the 4,895th most popular actor (down from 4,623rd in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 373rd in 2019) and the 109th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Frances Bay ranks 4,895 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 382 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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