ACTOR

Sybil Thorndike

1882 - 1976

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Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson (24 October 1882 – 9 June 1976) was an English actress whose stage career lasted from 1904 to 1969. Trained in her youth as a concert pianist, Thorndike turned to the stage when a medical problem with her hands ruled out a musical career. She began her professional acting career with the company of the actor-manager Ben Greet, with whom she toured the US from 1904 to 1908. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sybil Thorndike has received more than 507,146 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sybil Thorndike is the 7,008th most popular actor (up from 7,046th in 2019), the 5,068th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,978th in 2019) and the 789th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sybil Thorndike ranks 7,008 out of 13,578. Before her are Don Gordon, Magda Gabor, Johanna ter Steege, Takahiro Sakurai, George Nichols, and Stanley Anderson. After her are James Morrison, Olivier Gourmet, Michał Żebrowski, Valery Garkalin, Adèle Haenel, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Sybil Thorndike ranks 265. Before her are Paul Günther, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Felix Frankfurter, Edward Van Sloan, Ricardo J. Alfaro, and Mary Boland. After her are N. C. Wyeth, Milton Sills, Robert G. Vignola, Joseph Wedderburn, Louis Wilkins, and Ethel Clayton. Among people deceased in 1976, Sybil Thorndike ranks 251. Before her are Toni Ulmen, Tibor Csík, Alfredo Porzio, Lucie Mannheim, Rupert Davies, and Achille Souchard. After her are Piero Scotti, Justin McCarthy, Hans Theilig, Hisakichi Toyoda, August Heim, and Nikolai Ekk.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sybil Thorndike ranks 5,068 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Brisbane (1773), Richard Tandy (1948), Albert Oldman (1883), George Butterworth (1885), Darren Shan (1972), and Dannie Abse (1923). After her are Noni Madueke (2002), Danny Kirwan (1950), Benjamin Wilson (1721), David Abulafia (1949), Alex James (1901), and Lionel Atwill (1885).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Sybil Thorndike ranks 789. Before her are Olivia d'Abo (1969), Michael Hordern (1911), Charlie Cox (1982), Bruce Robinson (1946), Clive Standen (1981), and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1990). After her are Lionel Atwill (1885), Keith Allen (1953), Steve Toussaint (1965), Archie Panjabi (1972), Louise Lombard (1970), and Sam Heughan (1980).

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