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Anna Held

1872 - 1918

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Helene Anna Held (19 March 1872 – 12 August 1918) was a Polish-born French stage performer of Jewish origin on Broadway. While appearing in London, she was spotted by impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, who brought her to America as his common-law wife. From 1896 through 1910, she was one of Broadway's most celebrated leading ladies, presented in a succession of musicals as a charming, coquettish Parisian singer and comedienne, with an hourglass figure and an off-stage reputation for exotic behavior, such as bathing in 40 gallons of milk a day to maintain her complexion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anna Held has received more than 552,281 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Anna Held is the 1,708th most popular singer (up from 1,733rd in 2019), the 1,154th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,062nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Polish Singer.

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  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Anna Held ranks 1,708 out of 4,381. Before her are King Curtis, Neil Finn, Meja, J Balvin, Andriy Kuzmenko, and Park Bom. After her are Patricia Janečková, Naomi Judd, Lenka, Magnus Uggla, Robin Beck, and Edyta Górniak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Anna Held ranks 177. Before her are Wivi Lönn, Lucille La Verne, Bernard Knubel, Octav Băncilă, William Desmond Taylor, and Dimitrios Drivas. After her are Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Joseph Barcroft, Rudolf Schlechter, Sidney Olcott, James Young, and Horace Rice. Among people deceased in 1918, Anna Held ranks 172. Before her are John Antoine Nau, Antonios Pepanos, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Hanns Braun, Reggie Pridmore, and George Reid. After her are Walter Chaffe, Grove Karl Gilbert, Jakob Jakobsen, Joseph F. Smith, Birt Acres, and Arthur O'Hara Wood.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Anna Held ranks 1,154 out of 1,694. Before her are Danuta Hübner (1948), Iga Świątek (2001), Miron Białoszewski (1922), Dieter Kottysch (1943), Erna Bogen-Bogáti (1906), and Walter Migula (1863). After her are Klaus Töpfer (1938), Zbigniew Gut (1949), Edyta Górniak (1972), Artur Boruc (1980), Peter Hacks (1928), and Janusz Kupcewicz (1955).

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Among SINGERS In Poland

Among singers born in Poland, Anna Held ranks 14. Before her are Chava Alberstein (1946), Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Urszula Dudziak (1943), Anna Jantar (1950), Jean de Reszke (1850), and Olga Jackowska (1951). After her are Edyta Górniak (1972), Jacek Kaczmarski (1957), Doda (1984), Paweł Kukiz (1963), Kayah (1967), and Justyna Steczkowska (1972).

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