ACTOR

Lin Shaye

1943 - Today

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Lin Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American actress. In a career spanning over fifty years, Shaye has appeared in more than a hundred feature films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lin Shaye has received more than 3,828,524 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Lin Shaye is the 1,191st most popular actor (up from 1,398th in 2019), the 2,062nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,447th in 2019) and the 558th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lin Shaye ranks 1,191 out of 13,578. Before her are Tina Aumont, Norma Shearer, Tim Allen, Rajesh Khanna, Marisa Tomei, and Ashley Judd. After her are Concha Velasco, Ruth Gordon, Eduardo De Filippo, Daniel Stern, Michael Massee, and Claude Brasseur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Lin Shaye ranks 139. Before her are Luis Carlos Galán, Ken Norton, Robbie Robertson, Richard Sennett, Masafumi Hara, and Jack Bruce. After her are Peter Sauber, Robert Lefkowitz, R. L. Stine, Ove Kindvall, Kurtwood Smith, and Jan de Bont.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lin Shaye ranks 2,062 out of 20,380. Before her are Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), James Bowie (1796), Marisa Tomei (1964), Ashley Judd (1968), Liberace (1919), and Wayne Shorter (1933). After her are Robert F. Engle (1942), Ruth Gordon (1896), Linda Ronstadt (1946), Daniel Stern (1957), Prescott Bush (1895), and Michael Massee (1952).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lin Shaye ranks 558. Before her are Brittany Murphy (1977), Eleanor Parker (1922), Tina Aumont (1946), Tim Allen (1953), Marisa Tomei (1964), and Ashley Judd (1968). After her are Ruth Gordon (1896), Daniel Stern (1957), Michael Massee (1952), Casey Affleck (1975), Rami Malek (1981), and Richard Basehart (1914).

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