ACTOR

Lynn Fontanne

1887 - 1983

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Lynn Fontanne (; 6 December 1887 – 30 July 1983) was an English actress. After early success in supporting roles in the West End, she met the American actor Alfred Lunt, whom she married in 1922 and with whom she co-starred in Broadway and West End productions over the next four decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lynn Fontanne has received more than 353,849 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Lynn Fontanne is the 7,214th most popular actor (down from 6,509th in 2019), the 5,170th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,730th in 2019) and the 809th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lynn Fontanne ranks 7,214 out of 13,578. Before her are Francis X. Bushman, Geeta Dutt, Joanna Going, Currie Graham, Sean Pertwee, and Jérémie Renier. After her are Matthew Rhys, Joe Cornish, Vanessa Brown, Justin Hartley, Randall Park, and Pelin Karahan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Lynn Fontanne ranks 275. Before her are Karl Neumer, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Harold Walden, Cayetano Saporiti, Hedwig Kohn, and Joseph Plunkett. After her are Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen, Merritt Giffin, Kate Gillou, Raymond Thorne, Roland Young, and Ira Davenport. Among people deceased in 1983, Lynn Fontanne ranks 252. Before her are Rezső Somlai, Stefan Skoumal, Rudolf Kotormány, Franco Trincavelli, Frank Forde, and Thomas S. Gates Jr.. After her are Merle Travis, Kai Winding, Alice White, Henry M. Jackson, James Workman, and John Le Mesurier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lynn Fontanne ranks 5,170 out of 8,785. Before her are Sean Pertwee (1964), Thomas Baines (1820), Peter Glenville (1913), Charles James Napier (1782), Annie Lorrain Smith (1854), and Alan Hollinghurst (1954). After her are Matthew Rhys (1974), Joe Cornish (1968), Brian Cox (1968), Stephen Merchant (1974), Alan Garner (1934), and Judd Trump (1989).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Lynn Fontanne ranks 809. Before her are Sonya Walger (1974), Pip Torrens (1960), Antonia Thomas (1986), John Lynch (1961), Gracie Fields (1898), and Sean Pertwee (1964). After her are Matthew Rhys (1974), Joe Cornish (1968), Harry Lloyd (1983), Vanessa Angel (1966), Joan Greenwood (1921), and Tony Robinson (1946).

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