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FILM DIRECTOR

Dorothy Arzner

1897 - 1979

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Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. With the exception of longtime silent film director Lois Weber, from 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood. She was one of a very few women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Arzner has received more than 400,116 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Dorothy Arzner is the 851st most popular film director (down from 778th in 2019), the 5,556th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,001st in 2019) and the 214th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 48.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.51

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dorothy Arzner ranks 851 out of 1,581. Before her are Raymond Depardon, Giuliano Montaldo, Wolfgang Staudte, Xie Jin, George Sidney, and Paul Morrissey. After her are Raymond Bernard, Christian Petzold, Ferzan Özpetek, Robert Towne, Yash Chopra, and Tran Anh Hung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Dorothy Arzner ranks 195. Before her are Zhou Fohai, Johannes Winkler, Lya Mara, Edgard Colle, Nikolai Gikalo, and Gene Tunney. After her are Géza von Bolváry, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Henri Frankfort, Neil Ritchie, Pixinguinha, and Erik Malmberg. Among people deceased in 1979, Dorothy Arzner ranks 160. Before her are Donny Hathaway, Henri Saint Cyr, Joan Blondell, Bruno Apitz, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, and Pyotr Gavrilov. After her are Stan Kenton, Paul Meurisse, Heinz Erhardt, Igor Bondarevsky, Paul Paray, and Henri Anspach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Arzner ranks 5,556 out of 18,182. Before her are Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), Johnny Knoxville (1971), Gene Tunney (1897), Bradford Dillman (1930), Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), and Moe Berg (1902). After her are David Ellefson (1964), Loretta Lynn (1932), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), Alvin Ailey (1931), Lewis Powell (1844), and Barbara Morgan (1951).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Dorothy Arzner ranks 214. Before her are Robert Parrish (1916), Bill Condon (1955), Alexander Mackendrick (1912), Budd Boetticher (1916), George Sidney (1916), and Paul Morrissey (1938). After her are Robert Towne (1934), Bob Rafelson (1933), Shane Black (1961), Cary Joji Fukunaga (1977), Mitchell Leisen (1898), and Rob Marshall (1960).

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Filmography

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