ACTOR

Gilda Gray

1901 - 1959

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Gilda Gray (born Marianna Michalska; October 25, 1895 – December 22, 1959) was a Polish-American dancer and actress who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilda Gray has received more than 165,625 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gilda Gray is the 6,855th most popular actor (down from 6,458th in 2019), the 1,215th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,074th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Polish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gilda Gray ranks 6,855 out of 13,578. Before her are Clotilde Hesme, Élodie Yung, Milo O'Shea, Janice Rule, David Costabile, and Tracy Scoggins. After her are Pearl Bailey, Wang Yibo, Zheng Junli, Gladys Egan, Johnny Sheffield, and Jeanne Bates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Gilda Gray ranks 326. Before her are Francis Chichester, Francisco Gamborena, Tibor Serly, Frankie Genaro, Paulo d'Eça Leal, and Henrique da Silveira. After her are Shirley Mason, Helia Bravo Hollis, Alex James, Anna Aloys Henga, V. Shantaram, and Nelson Eddy. Among people deceased in 1959, Gilda Gray ranks 198. Before her are Eusebio Díaz, Nils Granfelt, Paul Günther, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Yoshioka Yayoi, and George Amick. After her are Vincenzo Cardarelli, G. D. H. Cole, Jaroslav Skobla, John August Anderson, Frank Vaughn, and Harold Hardwick.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Gilda Gray ranks 1,215 out of 1,694. Before her are Anna-Maria Sieklucka (1992), Wojciech Fortuna (1952), Andrzej Zieliński (1936), Aleksei Guskov (1958), Martin Max (1968), and Franciszek Gągor (1951). After her are Zygmunt Chychła (1926), Krystyna Bochenek (1953), Jadwiga Wajs (1912), Jan Szczepański (1939), Jerzy Stefan Stawiński (1921), and Antoni Zygmund (1900).

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Among ACTORS In Poland

Among actors born in Poland, Gilda Gray ranks 65. Before her are Bogumił Kobiela (1931), Andrzej Grabowski (1952), Herbert Hübner (1889), Jerzy Radziwiłowicz (1950), Anna-Maria Sieklucka (1992), and Aleksei Guskov (1958). After her are Leszek Drogosz (1933), Katarzyna Figura (1962), Michał Żebrowski (1972), Ludwika Paleta (1978), Joanna Kulig (1982), and Dagmara Domińczyk (1976).

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Television and Movie Roles

Piccadilly
Mabel Greenfield
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.
Feb 1o 19296.4 / 10
Rose Marie
Belle
An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.
Jan 31o 19366.2 / 10
The Devil Dancer
Takla (The Devil Dancer)
An English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl he has become fascinated with. THE DEVIL DANCER was highly praised at time of release for its exquisite cinematography, especially in the use of light and shadow. The film received an Academy Award nomination in this category. Sadly, it is among the lost. No prints or negatives are known to survive.
Nov 3o 19270 / 10