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Gracie Fields

1898 - 1979

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Dame Gracie Fields (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was a British actress, singer and comedian. A star of cinema and music hall, she was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and was considered the highest paid film star in the world in 1937. Fields was known affectionately as Our Gracie and the Lancashire Lass and for never losing her strong, native Lancashire accent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gracie Fields has received more than 1,209,500 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gracie Fields is the 7,187th most popular actor (down from 6,232nd in 2019), the 5,044th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,552nd in 2019) and the 842nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gracie Fields ranks 7,187 out of 9,996. Before her are Michael Cera, Turhan Bey, Ed Flanders, Devon Sawa, Kara Wai, and Lou Doillon. After her are Yeardley Smith, Jeffrey Nordling, Grace Cunard, Tara Fitzgerald, Burn Gorman, and Boman Irani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Gracie Fields ranks 257. Before her are Owen Barfield, Loren Murchison, Molly Picon, Ludwig Bemelmans, Stephen Vincent Benét, and Bedřich Šupčík. After her are Lee Garmes, Clarence Walker, David Jack, Rod La Rocque, Happy Chandler, and Tom Whittaker. Among people deceased in 1979, Gracie Fields ranks 249. Before her are Lowell George, Charles Coughlin, Angus MacLise, Akwasi Afrifa, Laurie Bird, and Shirley Mason. After her are John F. Seitz, J. G. Farrell, Sally Rand, Yvonne Mitchell, John Glascock, and John Wright.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gracie Fields ranks 5,044 out of 7,765. Before her are John Speed (1551), Compton Mackenzie (1883), Rupert Sanders (1971), Jan Morris (1926), Frederic Moore (1830), and Ingrid Newkirk (1949). After her are Peter Lord (1953), Tara Fitzgerald (1967), Charlie Buchan (1891), Ivor Montagu (1904), Dave Greenfield (1949), and Steve Redgrave (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Gracie Fields ranks 842. Before her are Ralph Ineson (1969), Sophie Thompson (1962), George Formby (1904), Paul Eddington (1927), Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), and Brian Murphy (1932). After her are Tara Fitzgerald (1967), Anne Reid (1935), Toby Regbo (1991), Saskia Reeves (1961), Amelia Warner (1982), and Michelle Gomez (1966).

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