ACTOR

Machiko Kyō

1924 - 2019

Photo of Machiko Kyō

Icon of person Machiko Kyō

Motoko Yano, better known as Machiko Kyō (京 マチ子, Kyō Machiko, March 25, 1924 – May 12, 2019), was a Japanese actress who was active primarily in the 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Machiko Kyō has received more than 311,178 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 30 in 2019). Machiko Kyō is the 1,677th most popular actor (down from 1,274th in 2019), the 668th most popular biography from Japan (down from 500th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Machiko Kyō ranks 1,677 out of 13,578. Before her are Joseph Wiseman, Zhang Ziyi, Martin Lawrence, Richard Bohringer, Estelle Getty, and Greer Garson. After her are Melissa McBride, Ricardo Darín, Magali Noël, Mariangela Melato, Shu Qi, and Gemma Jones.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Machiko Kyō ranks 134. Before her are Neville Marriner, Georg Ratzinger, József Zakariás, Lubomír Štrougal, Allan Edwall, and E. P. Thompson. After her are Chet Atkins, Mohammed Rafi, Alime Abdenanova, George Mikan, Charles Bachman, and Lefter Küçükandonyadis. Among people deceased in 2019, Machiko Kyō ranks 135. Before her are Klaus Kinkel, John Havlicek, Billy Drago, Kevin Roche, Sue Lyon, and Peter Lindbergh. After her are Václav Vorlíček, Jean Vanier, Harold Bloom, Carmen Argenziano, William Levada, and Anatoly Lukyanov.

Others Born in 1924

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2019

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Machiko Kyō ranks 668 out of 6,245. Before her are Kazu Naoki (1918), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Shogo Kamo (1915), Riyoko Ikeda (1947), and Hōjō Ujimasa (1538). After her are Hidesaburō Ueno (1872), Ii Naosuke (1815), Mayumi Tanaka (1955), Kazuhisa Kono (1950), Nakano Takeko (1847), and Hayashi Razan (1583).

Others born in Japan

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Machiko Kyō ranks 22. Before her are Momoko Kōchi (1932), Hibari Misora (1937), Masako Nozawa (1936), Ken Takakura (1931), Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933), and Kinuyo Tanaka (1909). After her are Mayumi Tanaka (1955), Shintaro Katsu (1931), Mie Hama (1943), Meiko Kaji (1947), Sho Kosugi (1948), and Chishū Ryū (1904).

Japanese born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous