ACTOR

Carmen Amaya

1913 - 1963

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Carmen Amaya (2 November 1918 – 19 November 1963) occasionally known by the stage name La Capitana, was a Spanish Romani flamenco dancer and singer, born in the Somorrostro district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is often hailed as "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 628,014 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

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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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