ACTOR

Jane Fonda

1937 - Today

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Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress and activist. Recognized as a film icon, Fonda's work spans several genres and over six decades of film and television. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Honorary Palme d'Or, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award.Born to socialite Frances Ford Seymour and actor Henry Fonda, Fonda made her acting debut with the 1960 Broadway play There Was a Little Girl, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, and made her screen debut later the same year with the romantic comedy Tall Story. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jane Fonda has received more than 32,590,042 page views. Her biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2019). Jane Fonda is the 95th most popular actor (down from 88th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from United States (down from 176th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Actor.

Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou. Fonda has won two Academy Awards and received several other awards and nominations. She has also been a longtime political activist for many causes, notably the anti-war movement and the feminist movement.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 90

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jane Fondas by language

Over the past year Jane Fonda has had the most page views in the with 3,397,461 views, followed by French (346,043), and German (330,811). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bashkir (177.57%), Central Bicolano (109.19%), and Ido (104.27%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jane Fonda ranks 95 out of 13,578. Before her are Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Rowan Atkinson, Helen Mirren, Clark Gable, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. After her are Sigourney Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Redford, Gregory Peck, Mel Gibson, and Jon Voight.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jane Fonda ranks 11. Before her are Morgan Freeman, Ridley Scott, Ahmed Yassin, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, and Bobby Charlton. After her are Queen Sonja of Norway, Martti Ahtisaari, Boris Spassky, Renzo Piano, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and Queen Paola of Belgium.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jane Fonda ranks 184 out of 20,380. Before her are Clark Gable (1901), Robert K. Merton (1910), Geronimo (1829), Gene Cernan (1934), Tim Cook (1960), and Edwin McMillan (1907). After her are Sigourney Weaver (1949), Robert Redford (1936), James Madison (1751), Gregory Peck (1916), Scatman John (1942), and Louis Sullivan (1856).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jane Fonda ranks 44. Before her are Paul Newman (1925), Judy Garland (1922), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Tom Cruise (1962), John Travolta (1954), and Clark Gable (1901). After her are Sigourney Weaver (1949), Robert Redford (1936), Gregory Peck (1916), Mel Gibson (1956), Jon Voight (1938), and Ben Affleck (1972).

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Television and Movie Roles

Barbarella
Barbarella
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
Oct 10o 19685.971 / 10
The Butler
Nancy Reagan
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Aug 16o 20137.345 / 10
Monster-in-Law
Viola Fields
Office temp Charlotte Cantilini thinks she's found Mr. Right when she starts dating gorgeous surgeon Dr. Kevin Fields. But there's a problem standing in the way of everlasting bliss: Kevin's overbearing and controlling mother, Viola. Fearing she'll lose her son's affections forever, Viola decides to break up the happy couple by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law.
May 13o 20056.199 / 10