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Bert Lahr

1895 - 1967

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Irving Lahrheim (August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967), known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American stage and screen actor and comedian. He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker "Zeke", in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (1939). He was well known for his quick-witted humor and his work in burlesque and vaudeville and on Broadway. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bert Lahr has received more than 2,281,413 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Bert Lahr is the 4,841st most popular actor (down from 3,997th in 2019), the 7,217th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,219th in 2019) and the 2,258th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bert Lahr ranks 4,841 out of 9,996. Before him are Choi Myung-gil, Bill Smitrovich, Monique Mercure, Dolores Hart, Rick Baker, and Ruby Lin. After him are Melanie Lynskey, Heather Menzies, Charles Walters, Maggie Wheeler, Corey Feldman, and Richard Tyson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Bert Lahr ranks 216. Before him are José Bergamín, Leo Ornstein, Karel Koželuh, Luigi Cevenini, Karel Pešek, and Manuel Alonso Areizaga. After him are R. J. Mitchell, Anita Stewart, Dudley Nichols, Blossom Rock, Cliff Edwards, and Jan Parandowski. Among people deceased in 1967, Bert Lahr ranks 201. Before him are Clifton Williams, Johan Falkberget, Mary Garden, Joseph Perotaux, Juan Luque de Serrallonga, and Sergey Gorodetsky. After him are Fridrikh Ermler, Halina Poświatowska, Oliverio Girondo, J. B. Lenoir, James Dunn, and Max Taut.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bert Lahr ranks 7,217 out of 18,182. Before him are George Stibitz (1904), Dolores Hart (1938), Rick Baker (1950), William Wakefield Baum (1926), MC Ren (1969), and Joel Chandler Harris (1848). After him are Walt Bellamy (1939), Jimmy Giuffre (1921), Charles Walters (1911), James G. Blaine (1830), Maggie Wheeler (1961), and Corey Feldman (1971).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bert Lahr ranks 2,258. Before him are Terry Kinney (1954), Zachary Levi (1980), Terry Moore (1929), Bill Smitrovich (1947), Dolores Hart (1938), and Rick Baker (1950). After him are Charles Walters (1911), Maggie Wheeler (1961), Corey Feldman (1971), Richard Tyson (1956), Hailee Steinfeld (1996), and Kasey Rogers (1925).

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