ACTOR

Vanity

1959 - 2016

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Denise Katrina Matthews (January 4, 1959 – February 15, 2016), known professionally as Vanity, was a Canadian singer, model, and actress. Known for her image as a sex symbol in the 1980s, she became an evangelist and renounced her career as Vanity in the 1990s.Vanity was the lead singer of the female trio Vanity 6, which was created by the musician Prince. Known for their 1982 hit song "Nasty Girl", they disbanded in 1983, when she decided to embark on a solo career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vanity has received more than 1,300,997 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Vanity is the 7,922nd most popular actor (up from 8,272nd in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from Canada (up from 708th in 2019) and the 214th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Vanities by language

Over the past year Vanity has had the most page views in the with 104,982 views, followed by German (18,131), and French (16,148). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (290.23%), Simple English (105.06%), and Egyptian Arabic (52.46%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Vanity ranks 7,922 out of 13,578. Before her are Miles Malleson, James Gleason, Shelley Hennig, Daniella Alonso, Hoot Gibson, and Betty Thomas. After her are George K. Arthur, Brian Murphy, Sun Li, Austin Stowell, Irving Bacon, and Kuno Becker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Vanity ranks 506. Before her are Mike van Diem, Acácio, Mario Martone, Yuriko Shima, Geoff Tate, and Zhan Videnov. After her are Thierry Rey, Wendy B. Lawrence, Alex McLeish, Marisol Touraine, Stanley Jordan, and Jean Ravelonarivo. Among people deceased in 2016, Vanity ranks 536. Before her are Eddie Keizan, Tyrus Wong, Klaus Siebert, Zyta Gilowska, Sammy Lee, and Balram Jakhar. After her are Toimi Pitkänen, Daniel Willems, Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves, Kitty Kallen, Joe Medicine Crow, and Ilkka Hanski.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Vanity ranks 677 out of 1,622. Before her are Melissa Auf der Maur (1972), Calvin Bricker (1884), Frank Amyot (1904), Brendan Fehr (1977), Lucile Wheeler (1935), and Nicole de Boer (1970). After her are Ken Dryden (1947), Hilda Cameron (1912), Devon Sawa (1978), Walter Byron (1894), Jessica Steen (1965), and Sarah Gadon (1987).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Vanity ranks 214. Before her are Maureen Forrester (1930), Caterina Scorsone (1981), Rick Genest (1985), Melissa Auf der Maur (1972), Brendan Fehr (1977), and Nicole de Boer (1970). After her are Devon Sawa (1978), Jessica Steen (1965), Sarah Gadon (1987), Shay Mitchell (1987), Jay Baruchel (1982), and Charlene Choi (1982).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Last Dragon
Laura Charles
A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.
Mar 22o 19856.4 / 10
52 Pick-Up
Doreen
Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.
Nov 7o 19865.9 / 10
Action Jackson
Sydney Ash
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Feb 12o 19885.512 / 10