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Alfonso Arau

1932 - Today

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Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker and actor. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002) and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfonso Arau has received more than 702,286 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso Arau is the 3,620th most popular actor (down from 2,989th in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 170th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Mexican Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alfonso Arau ranks 3,620 out of 9,996. Before him are Choi Ji-woo, Dylan Baker, Jennifer Ehle, Sharmila Tagore, Julie Bowen, and Tyler Perry. After him are Susanna Hoffs, Eiza González, Björn Granath, Leighton Meester, Yunjin Kim, and Stella McCartney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Alfonso Arau ranks 269. Before him are Francisco Umbral, Franca Raimondi, Maria Itkina, John Vernon, Hans Apel, and Anand Panyarachun. After him are Loretta Lynn, John Drew Barrymore, Yash Chopra, Tinka Kurti, Phyllida Law, and Mongo Beti.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Alfonso Arau ranks 196 out of 585. Before him are Juan Carreño (1909), Adela Noriega (1969), Mariano Paredes (1797), Guillermo Arriaga (1958), Manuel Gómez Pedraza (1789), and Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (1063). After him are Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (1934), Eiza González (1990), Juan José Arreola (1921), Diego Luna (1979), Julio César Chávez (1962), and Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928).

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Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Alfonso Arau ranks 40. Before him are Eugenio Derbez (1961), Kate del Castillo (1972), Ana Martín (1945), Susana Dosamantes (1948), Lupita Tovar (1910), and Adela Noriega (1969). After him are Eiza González (1990), Diego Luna (1979), Lupita Nyong'o (1983), Diana Bracho (1944), Laura Zapata (1956), and Lola Beltrán (1932).

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