ACTOR

Kay Kendall

1927 - 1959

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Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy (21 May 1927 – 6 September 1959) was an English actress and comedienne. She began her film career in the musical film London Town (1946), a financial failure. Kendall worked regularly until her appearance in the comedy film Genevieve (1953) brought her widespread recognition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kay Kendall has received more than 1,144,418 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Kay Kendall is the 4,707th most popular actor (down from 4,199th in 2019), the 3,599th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,351st in 2019) and the 543rd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kay Kendalls by language

Over the past year Kay Kendall has had the most page views in the with 153,035 views, followed by German (9,452), and Spanish (5,788). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Haitian (86.49%), Finnish (55.47%), and Belarusian (52.97%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kay Kendall ranks 4,707 out of 13,578. Before her are Matt Frewer, Connie Stevens, Doug Bradley, Tom Arnold, Paul McCrane, and Jeri Ryan. After her are Marc Alaimo, Richard Benjamin, Richard Gant, Betty Field, Rajkumar, and Ken Stott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Kay Kendall ranks 321. Before her are Ramsey Clark, David Padilla, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Thadée Cisowski, Trude Beiser, and Adolfo Suárez Rivera. After her are Dieter Henrich, Lisa Lu, Raymond Leppard, Tore Svensson, Dick Savitt, and Barbara Rush. Among people deceased in 1959, Kay Kendall ranks 155. Before her are Preston Sturges, Ruben Lagus, Roald Larsen, Abdulla Shaig, Paul Rivet, and Lyda Borelli. After her are Jan Černý, Una O'Connor, Ivan Perestiani, Balthasar van der Pol, Antonio Campolo, and José Durand Laguna.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kay Kendall ranks 3,599 out of 8,785. Before her are Piers Anthony (1934), John Christie (1899), Eric Brook (1907), John Paul Young (1950), Edward Pigott (1753), and Doug Bradley (1954). After her are John Taylor (1808), Amelia Edwards (1831), Phil Neal (1951), Ken Stott (1954), Bill Roberts (1912), and Pat Barker (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Kay Kendall ranks 543. Before her are Kaya Scodelario (1992), Christopher Cazenove (1943), John Castle (1940), Anthony Head (1954), Callum Keith Rennie (1960), and Doug Bradley (1954). After her are Ken Stott (1954), Robert Douglas (1909), Una O'Connor (1880), Bill Paterson (1945), Hugh Dancy (1975), and Emily Ratajkowski (1991).

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Television and Movie Roles

Les Girls
Lady Sybil Wren
After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry, while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.
Oct 3o 19576.468 / 10
The Reluctant Debutante
Sheila Broadbent
Jimmy and Sheila Broadbent, welcome to London Jimmy's 17-year-old daughter, Jane. Jane is from Jimmy's first marriage to an American and has come to visit her father and the step-mother she has never met. While visiting Sheila has the idea of making Jane a debutante, an idea Jane resists. Difficulties range from Jane's apathy to being placed on the marriage block, the determined efforts of Sheila's cousin, Mabel Claremont, to win wealthy David Fenner for her debutante daughter Clarissa, and Jane's attraction to David Parkson, an American drummer who plays in the orchestra at the coming-out balls.
Aug 14o 19586.809 / 10
Genevieve
Rosalind Peters
Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.
May 28o 19536.6 / 10