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Jane Birkin

1946 - 2023

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Jane Mallory Birkin (; 14 December 1946 – 16 July 2023) was a British-French actress and singer. She had a prolific career as an actress, mostly in French cinema. A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, appearing in minor roles in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup (1966), and Kaleidoscope (1966). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jane Birkin has received more than 8,457,724 page views. Her biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Jane Birkin is the 88th most popular actor (up from 142nd in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 226th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Actor.

Jane Birkin is most famous for being the muse of the French fashion designer, Yves Saint Laurent.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jane Birkin ranks 88 out of 13,578. Before her are Sharon Tate, Toshiro Mifune, Paul Newman, Yves Montand, Judy Garland, and Samuel L. Jackson. After her are Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Rowan Atkinson, Helen Mirren, Clark Gable, and Jean-Claude Van Damme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jane Birkin ranks 16. Before her are Alan Rickman, Demis Roussos, Ted Bundy, Patti Smith, Gerard 't Hooft, and Bon Scott. After her are Mireille Mathieu, George Best, Charlotte Rampling, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Rivellino, and Diane Keaton. Among people deceased in 2023, Jane Birkin ranks 11. Before her are Tina Turner, Gina Lollobrigida, Jeff Beck, Michael Gambon, Constantine II of Greece, and Bobby Charlton. After her are Yevgeny Prigozhin, Giorgio Napolitano, Martti Ahtisaari, Kenzaburō Ōe, Just Fontaine, and Fernando Botero.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jane Birkin ranks 146 out of 8,785. Before her are William Blake (1757), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), Cat Stevens (1948), Howard Carter (1874), Eric Clapton (1945), and Mary Boleyn (1499). After her are Æthelstan (895), Anna Wintour (1949), Rowan Atkinson (1955), Helen Mirren (1945), Henry Purcell (1659), and John Venn (1834).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Jane Birkin ranks 13. Before her are Christopher Lee (1922), Liam Neeson (1952), Ian McKellen (1939), Maggie Smith (1934), Roger Moore (1927), and Michael Caine (1933). After her are Rowan Atkinson (1955), Helen Mirren (1945), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Peter O'Toole (1932), Jason Statham (1967), and Judi Dench (1934).

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Television and Movie Roles

Death on the Nile
Louise Bourget
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
Sep 29th 19787.157 / 10
Blow-Up
The Blonde
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.
Dec 18th 19667.4 / 10
The Swimming Pool
Penelope
Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion - until the day when Marianne invites her former lover and his beautiful teenage daughter to spend a few days with them. From the first moment, a certain uneasiness and tension begin to develop between the four, which soon escalates in a dangerous love-game.
Jan 31st 19696.991 / 10