ACTOR

Brigitte Helm

1906 - 1996

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Brigitte Helm (born Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm, 17 March 1908 – 11 June 1996) was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double named Futura, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film, Metropolis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brigitte Helm has received more than 581,402 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Brigitte Helm is the 949th most popular actor (down from 873rd in 2019), the 1,413th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,318th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brigitte Helm ranks 949 out of 13,578. Before her are Catherine O'Hara, Ann-Margret, Johannes Heesters, Marthe Keller, Lucy Liu, and Arletty. After her are Helena Rojo, Conchata Ferrell, John Nettles, Héctor Elizondo, Erdoğan Atalay, and Marie-Christine Barrault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Brigitte Helm ranks 82. Before her are Louise Brooks, Primo Carnera, Muzafer Sherif, Markos Vafeiadis, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, and Edmond Debeaumarché. After her are Rezső Kasztner, Vera Menchik, Phạm Văn Đồng, Franz Hössler, Carlo Scarpa, and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev. Among people deceased in 1996, Brigitte Helm ranks 60. Before her are Geoffrey Wilkinson, Rafael Kubelík, Frida Boccara, Lucio Fulci, Obdulio Varela, and María Casares. After her are Helmut Schön, Hideo Sakai, Hans Blumenberg, Piet Hein, Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, and Leonor Fini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Brigitte Helm ranks 1,413 out of 7,253. Before her are Joachim Fest (1926), Maria Reiche (1903), Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (1849), Joachim Sauer (1949), Marie-Louise von Franz (1915), and Bernt Notke (1435). After her are Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806), Tarkan (1972), Sepp Herberger (1897), Ralf Rangnick (1958), Hartmann Schedel (1440), and Hartmann von Aue (1160).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Brigitte Helm ranks 26. Before her are Thomas Kretschmann (1962), Til Schweiger (1963), Christiane F. (1962), Diane Kruger (1976), Anne Wiazemsky (1947), and Max Schreck (1879). After her are Erdoğan Atalay (1966), Conrad Veidt (1893), Karin Dor (1938), Gottfried John (1942), Michael Fassbender (1977), and Otto Sander (1941).

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