ACTOR

Olive Thomas

1894 - 1920

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Olive Thomas (born Oliva R. Duffy; October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920) was an American silent-film actress, art model, and photo model. Thomas began her career as an illustrator's model in 1914, and moved on to the Ziegfeld Follies the following year. During her time as a Ziegfeld girl, she also appeared in the more risqué show The Midnight Frolic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olive Thomas has received more than 875,724 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Olive Thomas is the 3,027th most popular actor (down from 2,588th in 2019), the 4,608th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,145th in 2019) and the 1,370th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Olive Thomas ranks 3,027 out of 13,578. Before her are Kirill Lavrov, David Belle, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Viviane Romance, Keith David, and Engin Akyürek. After her are Bob Crane, Maude Adams, Gustav Knuth, Flora Finch, Hilda Bernard, and Park Seo-joon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Olive Thomas ranks 152. Before her are Aleksandr Khinchin, Christian Schad, Mirza Davud Huseynov, Giuseppe Tucci, Magda Julin, and Ivan Papanin. After her are Robert Menzies, Jean Rostand, Tibor Déry, Berdi Kerbabayev, Walter Piston, and Alfred Berger. Among people deceased in 1920, Olive Thomas ranks 76. Before her are Nasib Yusifbeyli, Hector Hodler, Delfim Moreira, Herbert James Draper, Hermann von Struve, and Wilhelm Pfeffer. After her are Nasrullah Khan, Pál Szinyei Merse, Jaan Poska, Nataliya Kobrynska, Augusto Righi, and John Gilbert Baker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Olive Thomas ranks 4,608 out of 20,380. Before her are Francis Lane (1874), Adam Lambert (1982), Beau Biden (1969), Harry Frankfurt (1929), Keith David (1956), and Yusuf Estes (1944). After her are Bob Crane (1928), Nate Thurmond (1941), Willis Reed (1942), Maude Adams (1872), Alvin York (1887), and Al Taliaferro (1905).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Olive Thomas ranks 1,370. Before her are Clifton James (1920), Stephen Tobolowsky (1951), Murray Hamilton (1923), John McCook (1944), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961), and Keith David (1956). After her are Bob Crane (1928), Maude Adams (1872), Patti LuPone (1949), Shemar Moore (1970), Kathleen Quinlan (1954), and Kenny Ortega (1950).

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