ACTOR

Marion Davies

1897 - 1961

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Marion Davies (born Marion Cecilia Douras; January 3, 1897 – September 22, 1961) was an American actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. Educated in a religious convent, Davies fled the school to pursue a career as a chorus girl. As a teenager, she appeared in several Broadway musicals and one film, Runaway Romany (1917). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marion Davies has received more than 3,553,978 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Marion Davies is the 2,450th most popular actor (down from 2,403rd in 2019), the 3,859th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,886th in 2019) and the 1,118th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Marion Davies ranks 2,450 out of 13,578. Before her are Gaspard Ulliel, Bruno Kirby, Thomas Gibson, Rufus Sewell, Anita Björk, and Bodil Ipsen. After her are Henny Porten, Aldo Fabrizi, Yuen Wah, Jean Servais, Michelle Fairley, and Emília Vášáryová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Marion Davies ranks 158. Before her are Karl Decker, Paul Gallico, Nicholas Poppe, Otto Struve, Lampião, and Gaspar Cassadó. After her are Mikhail Kovalyov, Lepke Buchalter, Richard Hildebrandt, Levon Mirzoyan, Pavel Batov, and Alberto Cavalcanti. Among people deceased in 1961, Marion Davies ranks 79. Before her are Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Edith Wilson, Joseph M. Schenck, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Ty Cobb, and Chester Barnard. After her are Cuno Amiet, Otto Ruge, Suryakant Tripathi, Sergio Osmeña, Carlos Luz, and Chico Marx.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marion Davies ranks 3,859 out of 20,380. Before her are John Amos (1939), Chrissie Hynde (1951), Bruno Kirby (1949), Thomas Gibson (1962), Bob Seger (1945), and Gregory Corso (1930). After her are Genie (1957), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Florence Harding (1860), Peter Steele (1962), Wayne Rainey (1960), and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Marion Davies ranks 1,118. Before her are William Devane (1939), Ron Rifkin (1939), Rosario Dawson (1979), John Amos (1939), Bruno Kirby (1949), and Thomas Gibson (1962). After her are Kyra Sedgwick (1965), Michael McKean (1947), Doug Savant (1964), Olivia Rodrigo (2003), Mimsy Farmer (1945), and Greg Kinnear (1963).

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