ACTOR

Leonard Whiting

1950 - Today

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Leonard Whiting (born 30 June 1950) is a British semi-retired actor and singer best known for his teenage role as Romeo in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, a role which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor in 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonard Whiting has received more than 1,475,939 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Leonard Whiting is the 4,127th most popular actor (down from 2,841st in 2019), the 3,253rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,525th in 2019) and the 482nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Leonard Whiting ranks 4,127 out of 13,578. Before her are Davy Jones, Sarah Shahi, Mari Törőcsik, Meg Tilly, August Diehl, and John Vernon. After her are Matthias Schweighöfer, Kitty Winn, Karen Mok, Arsenio Hall, Mare Winningham, and Will Rogers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Leonard Whiting ranks 340. Before her are Annelie Ehrhardt, Rene Bond, Tantoo Cardinal, Kurt Jara, Martin McGuinness, and Ján Švehlík. After her are Toshiko Fujita, Charles Fleischer, Ljubomir Ljubojević, Andrea Riccardi, Paloma San Basilio, and Shoko Hamada.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leonard Whiting ranks 3,253 out of 8,785. Before her are Davy Jones (1945), Lady Byron (1792), Dick Turpin (1705), John Selden (1584), William Roxburgh (1751), and Mike Spence (1936). After her are Madge Syers (1881), Jennifer Saunders (1958), Warren Clarke (1947), Gary Speed (1969), Jane March (1973), and Harry Patch (1898).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Leonard Whiting ranks 482. Before her are Sam Claflin (1986), Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944), Mark Gatiss (1966), Diana Dors (1931), Richard O'Brien (1942), and Davy Jones (1945). After her are Jennifer Saunders (1958), Warren Clarke (1947), Jane March (1973), Donald Moffat (1930), Donald Sumpter (1943), and Marina Sirtis (1955).

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Television and Movie Roles

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
Apr 2o 19687.395 / 10
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
Giacomo Casanova
Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people lived in 18th-century Venice: their customs, habits, medicine, religion, and--most of all--the omnipresence of hypocrisy.
Oct 30o 19696 / 10
Frankenstein: The True Story
Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.
Sep 19o 19747.565 / 10