ACTOR

Coluche

1944 - 1986

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Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (French: [miʃɛl ʒeʁaʁ ʒɔzɛf kɔlytʃi], Italian: [koˈluttʃi]; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (IPA: [kɔlyʃ]), was a French stage comedian and cinema actor. He adopted Coluche as a stage name at age 26, when he began his entertainment career. He became known for his irreverent attitude towards politics and the establishment, and he incorporated this into much of his material. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Coluche has received more than 418,764 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Coluche is the 609th most popular actor (up from 795th in 2019), the 1,107th most popular biography from France (up from 1,380th in 2019) and the 54th most popular French Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Coluches by language

Over the past year Coluche has had the most page views in the with 438,902 views, followed by German (61,898), and English (52,366). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (72.46%), Egyptian Arabic (50.73%), and Breton (48.82%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Coluche ranks 609 out of 13,578. Before him are Marlène Jobert, Robert Vaughn, Idina Menzel, Akshay Kumar, Mark Wahlberg, and Margaret Rutherford. After him are Meg Ryan, Shelley Duvall, James Gandolfini, Benicio del Toro, Jim Belushi, and Stanley Tucci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Coluche ranks 85. Before him are Gianni Morandi, Günter Netzer, Thein Sein, Michelle Phillips, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, and Antonio Damasio. After him are Bernard Hill, Ian McDiarmid, Donna Haraway, Erwin Neher, Karin Schubert, and Rolf M. Zinkernagel. Among people deceased in 1986, Coluche ranks 39. Before him are Benny Goodman, Lê Duẩn, L. Ron Hubbard, Otto Preminger, Minoru Yamasaki, and Dean Reed. After him are James Cagney, Ye Jianying, Robert S. Mulliken, Erik Bruhn, Nikolay Semyonov, and Raimundo Orsi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Coluche ranks 1,107 out of 6,770. Before him are Heinrich Kramer (1430), Theobald II of Navarre (1239), Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850), Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), and Flora Tristan (1803). After him are Odile of Alsace (662), Étienne Gilson (1884), Charles III of Navarre (1361), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837), and James II of Majorca (1243).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Coluche ranks 54. Before him are Michèle Morgan (1920), Samy Naceri (1961), Danielle Darrieux (1917), Maurice Ronet (1927), Claude Jade (1948), and Marion Cotillard (1975). After him are Pierre Brice (1929), Louis Jourdan (1921), Claudette Colbert (1903), François Cluzet (1955), André Antoine (1858), and Cléo de Mérode (1875).

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Television and Movie Roles

So Long, Stooge
Lambert
In Paris XVIIIth district, Lambert works the night shift at a gas station, rarely speaking, living alone, drinking. One day comes a half-jewish half-arab small-time crook in dire straits, pushing a Moped. Named Bensoussan, he takes refuge at the station pretending he needs a spark plug. The two men become friends.
Dec 20o 19837.421 / 10
The Wing or the Thigh?
Gérard Duchemin
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!
Oct 27o 19767.235 / 10
Le Maître d'école
Gérard Barbier
After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.
Oct 28o 19816.034 / 10