ACTOR

Janet Gaynor

1906 - 1984

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Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage and television actress as well as an accomplished oil painter. Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century-Fox) in 1926, she rose to fame and became one of the biggest box office draws of the era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janet Gaynor has received more than 1,628,431 page views. Her biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Janet Gaynor is the 1,147th most popular actor (down from 816th in 2019), the 1,979th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,507th in 2019) and the 531st most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Janet Gaynor ranks 1,147 out of 13,578. Before her are Silvia Pinal, Akiko Wakabayashi, Gunnar Björnstrand, Sydney Chaplin, Verónica Castro, and Carl Reiner. After her are Judd Hirsch, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nino Manfredi, Henry Calvin, Anthony Daniels, and John Carradine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Janet Gaynor ranks 93. Before her are Carlo Scarpa, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Joaquín Balaguer, Heinz Harmel, John Dickson Carr, and Lillian Asplund. After her are John Carradine, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Horst Schumann, George Sanders, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, and Curtis LeMay. Among people deceased in 1984, Janet Gaynor ranks 62. Before her are Count Basie, Andy Kaufman, Marcel Janco, Souvanna Phouma, Mark W. Clark, and Raoul Salan. After her are He Zizhen, Eduardo De Filippo, Ernesto Mascheroni, Richard Basehart, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, and Jiro Miyake.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janet Gaynor ranks 1,979 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael Phelps (1985), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), Sydney Chaplin (1926), Christina Aguilera (1980), Carl Reiner (1922), and Elias Howe (1819). After her are Judd Hirsch (1935), Henry Calvin (1918), John Carradine (1906), Philip José Farmer (1918), Joe Lynn Turner (1951), and Bill Paxton (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Janet Gaynor ranks 531. Before her are Armand Assante (1949), Lee Majors (1939), Billy Dee Williams (1937), Dana Elcar (1927), Sydney Chaplin (1926), and Carl Reiner (1922). After her are Judd Hirsch (1935), Henry Calvin (1918), John Carradine (1906), Bill Paxton (1955), Amber Heard (1986), and Andie MacDowell (1958).

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Television and Movie Roles

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Wife (Indre)
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with British Film Institute in 2004.
Nov 4o 19277.9 / 10
A Star Is Born
Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
Apr 27o 19377.19 / 10
7th Heaven
Diane
In 1910s Paris, a sewer worker disillusioned with Christianity feels his prayers have been answered when he chances upon a street waif and they fall in love.
Sep 10o 19277.4 / 10