ACTOR

Glynis Johns

1923 - 2024

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Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (5 October 1923 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress. In a career spanning eight decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60 films and 30 plays. She received various accolades throughout her career, including a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glynis Johns has received more than 5,070,642 page views. Her biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Glynis Johns is the 665th most popular actor (up from 2,477th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 50th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Glynis Johns ranks 665 out of 13,578. Before her are Robert Knepper, Bekim Fehmiu, Tom Hardy, Tom Conti, Lita Grey, and Tobey Maguire. After her are John Payne, Pier Angeli, François Cluzet, Raf Vallone, Laura Gemser, and Scarlett Johansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Glynis Johns ranks 46. Before her are Philip Warren Anderson, Alice Miller, Mauno Koivisto, Erland Josephson, Edgar F. Codd, and Shūsaku Endō. After her are René Thom, Aristides Pereira, Walter Kohn, Queen Anne of Romania, Norman Mailer, and Linda Christian. Among people deceased in 2024, Glynis Johns ranks 62. Before her are Shelley Duvall, Bernard Hill, Gena Rowlands, Jerry West, Susan Wojcicki, and Yahya Sinwar. After her are Sandra Milo, Robert Badinter, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Kris Kristofferson, and Caterina Valente.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Glynis Johns ranks 25 out of 454. Before her are P. W. Botha (1916), Jody Scheckter (1950), Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924), Sydney Brenner (1927), Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761), and Steve Biko (1946). After her are Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), Basil Rathbone (1892), Seymour Papert (1928), Jan Smuts (1870), and Abba Eban (1915).

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Among ACTORS In South Africa

Among actors born in South Africa, Glynis Johns ranks 2. Before her are Charlize Theron (1975). After her are Basil Rathbone (1892), Arnold Vosloo (1962), Angelique Rockas (1951), Cyril Cusack (1910), Alice Krige (1954), David Bailie (1937), Sharlto Copley (1973), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Janet Suzman (1939), and John Kani (1943).

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