ACTOR

Gwen Lee

1904 - 1961

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Gwen Lee (born Gwendolyn Lepinski; November 12, 1904 – August 20, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. Lee began her career as a model before being discovered and signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She was typically cast in supporting roles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gwen Lee has received more than 62,747 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gwen Lee is the 8,946th most popular actor (down from 7,801st in 2019), the 13,136th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,542nd in 2019) and the 4,190th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 63k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gwen Lees by language

Over the past year Gwen Lee has had the most page views in the with 8,873 views, followed by Italian (996), and Urdu (908). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (121.74%), Egyptian Arabic (94.74%), and Southern Azerbaijani (55.17%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gwen Lee ranks 8,946 out of 13,578. Before her are John Kapelos, Ivan Sergei, Lara Pulver, Ayça Ayşin Turan, Lisa Chappell, and Lee Sang-yoon. After her are Derek Mears, Simon Woods, Ashley Scott, Richard M. Sherman, Janet Blair, and Twinkle Khanna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Gwen Lee ranks 356. Before her are Anna Neagle, Tom Conway, Mike Bookie, Libby Holman, MacKinlay Kantor, and Jennison Heaton. After her are Alfred Lindley, Dorothy Fields, K. L. Saigal, Johnny Mack Brown, H. Beam Piper, and James T. Farrell. Among people deceased in 1961, Gwen Lee ranks 209. Before her are George Formby, Maribel Vinson, Tommy Gorman, Tony Bettenhausen, Albert Bogen, and Marion Mahony Griffin. After her are Jessie Redmon Fauset, Henry O'Neill, Elsie Ferguson, Sam Rayburn, Sheridan Downey, and Leo Carrillo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gwen Lee ranks 13,136 out of 20,380. Before her are Lesli Linka Glatter (1953), Ivan Sergei (1971), Jennison Heaton (1904), Don Cornelius (1936), Tim Montgomery (1975), and Jerry Harrison (1949). After her are Derek Mears (1972), Allen Lanier (1946), Bosley Crowther (1905), Ashley Scott (1977), Richard M. Sherman (1928), and Sharon Jones (1956).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gwen Lee ranks 4,190. Before her are Josie Bissett (1970), Brooke Burns (1978), Amir Arison (1978), Jsu Garcia (1963), Raphael Sbarge (1965), and Ivan Sergei (1971). After her are Derek Mears (1972), Ashley Scott (1977), Richard M. Sherman (1928), Janet Blair (1921), Katrina Law (1985), and Sean Faris (1982).

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Television and Movie Roles

Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Lucretia
A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.
Apr 14o 19287.2 / 10
Fury
Mrs. Fred Garrett (uncredited)
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
Jun 5o 19367.5 / 10
Libeled Lady
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Oct 9o 19367.3 / 10