ACTOR

Leon Ames

1902 - 1993

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Leon Ames (born Harry Leon Wycoff; January 20, 1902 – October 12, 1993) was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing father figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Little Women (1949), On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leon Ames has received more than 616,475 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Leon Ames is the 7,683rd most popular actor (down from 6,869th in 2019), the 11,334th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,197th in 2019) and the 3,557th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Leon Ames ranks 7,683 out of 13,578. Before him are Paul Burke, Anna Chancellor, Jacob Elordi, Sam McMurray, Roland Young, and Chad Lowe. After him are Audrey Totter, Cathy Downs, C. S. Lee, Noriaki Sugiyama, Muriel Pavlow, and Katja Woywood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Leon Ames ranks 322. Before him are Luis Lucchetti, Frank Vaughn, Nikolai Ekk, Rudolf Schoeller, Mary Nolan, and William Cockburn. After him are Eddie Lang, Walter Dietrich, Charles Barton, Stella Gibbons, Esther Ralston, and Egon Orowan. Among people deceased in 1993, Leon Ames ranks 295. Before him are Penaia Ganilau, Glenn Corbett, Clifford Jordan, Chinmayananda Saraswati, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, and James Bridges. After him are Hap Sharp, Arnie Oliver, Karl Gordon Henize, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Ruby Keeler, and Don Barksdale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leon Ames ranks 11,334 out of 20,380. Before him are Sam McMurray (1952), Donald Pettit (1955), Lindsey Stirling (1986), Elaine Pagels (1943), Chad Lowe (1968), and Lou Harrison (1917). After him are Audrey Totter (1917), Kenny Harrison (1965), Phil Alden Robinson (1950), Cathy Downs (1926), Charlie Hickcox (1947), and Elvin Bishop (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Leon Ames ranks 3,557. Before him are Karyn Parsons (1966), Alice Lake (1895), John T. Dillon (1876), Paul Burke (1926), Sam McMurray (1952), and Chad Lowe (1968). After him are Audrey Totter (1917), Cathy Downs (1926), Robert Benchley (1889), Joseph Pilato (1949), Hobart Bosworth (1867), and Ross Alexander (1907).

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