ACTOR

Carmen Amaya

1913 - 1963

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Carmen Amaya Amaya (2 November 1918 – 19 November 1963) was a Spanish Romani flamenco dancer and singer, born in the Somorrostro district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She has been called "the greatest Flamenco dancer ever" and "the most extraordinary personality of all time in flamenco dance." She was the first female flamenco dancer to master footwork previously reserved for the best male dancers, due to its speed and intensity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carmen Amaya has received more than 586,129 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Carmen Amaya is the 350th most popular actor (up from 400th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Spain (up from 211th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Actor.

Carmen Amaya was a flamenco dancer and singer who is most famous for being the first female flamenco dancer to perform in North America.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Carmen Amayas by language

Over the past year Carmen Amaya has had the most page views in the with 821,468 views, followed by English (278,562), and French (28,549). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Spanish (1,751.65%), Macedonian (1,351.61%), and Basque (1,061.73%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Carmen Amaya ranks 350 out of 13,578. Before her are Michèle Mercier, Jamie Lee Curtis, Andy García, John Rhys-Davies, Tim Curry, and Lída Baarová. After her are Richard Kiel, Richard Chamberlain, Lino Ventura, Gene Wilder, Hanna Schygulla, and Emil Jannings.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Carmen Amaya ranks 29. Before her are Lon Nol, Roger Garaudy, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Paul Erdős, Silvio Piola, and Bảo Đại. After her are Stanford Moore, Trevor Howard, Frances Farmer, Irwin Shaw, Wolfgang Paul, and Leônidas. Among people deceased in 1963, Carmen Amaya ranks 25. Before her are Paul Hindemith, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Thích Quảng Đức, and Abd al-Karim Qasim. After her are Rajendra Prasad, Theodore von Kármán, Oleg Penkovsky, Jacques Hadamard, Richard Baer, and Kurt Zeitzler.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Carmen Amaya ranks 185 out of 3,355. Before her are Leo Africanus (1494), Tirso de Molina (1579), Luis Carrero Blanco (1904), Philip, Duke of Parma (1720), Peter II of Aragon (1174), and John I of Castile (1358). After her are Kane (1967), Abd al-Rahman II (788), John, Prince of Asturias (1478), Elizabeth of Portugal (1271), Adolfo Suárez (1932), and Francisco Suárez (1548).

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Among ACTORS In Spain

Among actors born in Spain, Carmen Amaya ranks 3. Before her are Antonio Banderas (1960), and Penélope Cruz (1974). After her are Fernando Rey (1917), Javier Bardem (1969), La Belle Otero (1868), Carmen Maura (1945), Francisco Rabal (1926), Marisa Paredes (1946), Sara Montiel (1928), María Casares (1922), and Victoria Abril (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

María de la O
María de la O
A famous painter returns to Spain under a false name as he once had to run away, to meet his half gypsy daughter, who has become a flamenco dancer. He offers her his house, making popular rumors take flight.
Nov 27o 19396.5 / 10
Los Tarantos
Angustias
Gypsy Romeo and Juliet: A boy and a girl from rival families fall in love.
Nov 4o 19636 / 10
La hija de Juan Simón
Soledad
Carmen and Ángel are in love but her mother doesn't approve their relationship. When Carmen gets pregned, Ángel decides to to go the city to star a career as a singer and earn enough money to take Carmen with him, but he never returns and Carmen, scared of her parents, decides to run from home and embrace a disolated life as a prostitute.
Dec 16o 19355.3 / 10