ACTOR

Pearl White

1889 - 1938

Photo of Pearl White

Icon of person Pearl White

Pearl Fay White (March 4, 1889 – August 4, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. She began her career on the stage at age 6, and later moved on to silent films appearing in a number of popular serials. Dubbed the "Queen of the Serials", White was noted for doing the majority of her own stunts, most notably in The Perils of Pauline. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pearl White has received more than 373,486 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Pearl White is the 3,719th most popular actor (down from 3,455th in 2019), the 5,571st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,330th in 2019) and the 1,679th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pearl White ranks 3,719 out of 13,578. Before her are Susanne Lothar, Darlene Cates, Gustaf Skarsgård, Jackie Shroff, Camilla Horn, and Adriana Caselotti. After her are George Bancroft, Costas Mandylor, Julian Fellowes, Jude Ciccolella, Thomas H. Ince, and Lori Singer.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Pearl White ranks 204. Before her are Adrian Boult, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Anita Malfatti, Snub Pollard, Conrad Aiken, and Claudia Muzio. After her are Gerhard Marcks, Heinrich Campendonk, Hjalmar Andersson, William Justin Kroll, Albert Hill, and Łucja Frey. Among people deceased in 1938, Pearl White ranks 162. Before her are Georg Schrimpf, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Osip Piatnitsky, Yevgeny Polivanov, Nikolai Gikalo, and Theodor Fischer. After her are Karl Madsen, André Blondel, Edward M. House, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Steve Bloomer, and Choʻlpon.

Others Born in 1889

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1938

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Pearl White ranks 5,571 out of 20,380. Before her are Darlene Cates (1947), Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Bruce Kulick (1953), J. Lawton Collins (1896), and Adriana Caselotti (1916). After her are George Bancroft (1882), Jude Ciccolella (1947), Thomas H. Ince (1880), Arthur Laffer (1940), Lori Singer (1957), and Charles Martin Smith (1953).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Pearl White ranks 1,679. Before her are Margaret Colin (1958), Mark Forest (1933), Mike Wallace (1918), James Eckhouse (1955), Darlene Cates (1947), and Adriana Caselotti (1916). After her are George Bancroft (1882), Jude Ciccolella (1947), Thomas H. Ince (1880), Lori Singer (1957), Charles Martin Smith (1953), and David Proval (1942).

American born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Television and Movie Roles

The Perils of Pauline
Pauline Marvin
The Perils of Pauline is a motion picture serial shown in weekly installments featuring the actress Pearl White playing the title character. Pauline has often been cited as a famous example of a damsel-in-distress, although viewers will find her character more resourceful and less helpless than the classic 'damsel' stereotype. Nine episodes (from a condensed 1916 re-release) survive to this day.
Mar 31st 19145.7 / 10
The House of Hate
Pearl Grant (Waldon) / Jenny Acton
A young heiress of an American gun factory is threatened by a masked man after her father was murdered. This criminal might be a member of her family or a German agent, who wants to get information about the factory's products, perhaps his mystery has a combined solution - we will probably never know...
Jan 2nd 19186.6 / 10
The Exploits of Elaine
Elaine Dodge
Elaine Dodge is the beautiful young daughter of Taylor Dodge, president of the Consolidated Insurance Company. When Mr Dodge is murdered by a mysterious cloaked figure known only as the Clutching Hand, Elaine enlists the aid of Craig Kennedy to unmask the killer
Dec 29th 19146 / 10