ACTOR

Edward G. Robinson

1893 - 1973

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Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was an American actor of stage and screen, who was popular during Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in 30 Broadway plays, and more than 100 films, during a 50-year career, and is best remembered for his tough-guy roles as gangsters in such films as Little Caesar and Key Largo. During his career, Robinson received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in House of Strangers. During the 1930s and 1940s, Robinson was an outspoken public critic of fascism and Nazism, which were growing in strength in Europe in the years which led up to World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward G. Robinson has received more than 4,926,599 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Edward G. Robinson is the 519th most popular actor (up from 524th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Romania and the 2nd most popular Romanian Actor.

Edward G. Robinson was an American actor who was known for playing gangsters in movies. He starred in the films Little Caesar, The Petrified Forest, and Key Largo.

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  • 4.9M

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  • 68.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edward G. Robinson ranks 519 out of 13,578. Before him are James Earl Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, Franco Columbu, Jonathan Banks, Jane Wyman, and Natalie Portman. After him are Melanie Griffith, Geena Davis, Michel Galabru, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudia Mori, and Desmond Llewelyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Edward G. Robinson ranks 35. Before him are Hermann Balck, Qazi Muhammad, Fritz Perls, Andrés Segovia, Juana Bormann, and Miroslav Krleža. After him are Viktor Shklovsky, Leslie Howard, Hans Fallada, Walter Baade, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, and Lili Boulanger. Among people deceased in 1973, Edward G. Robinson ranks 48. Before him are Taha Hussein, A. S. Neill, Lex Barker, Dickinson W. Richards, Ingeborg Bachmann, and W. H. Auden. After him are Elsa Schiaparelli, Frances Marion, Frank Costello, Howard H. Aiken, Leo Strauss, and Emmy Göring.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Edward G. Robinson ranks 53 out of 844. Before him are Mircea I of Wallachia (1355), Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820), Ilie Năstase (1946), Alexander Löhr (1885), Traian Băsescu (1951), and Valentin Ceaușescu (1948). After him are George Emil Palade (1912), Ion Ivanovici (1845), György Dózsa (1470), Zoia Ceaușescu (1949), Stephen Bocskai (1557), and Chivu Stoica (1908).

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Among ACTORS In Romania

Among actors born in Romania, Edward G. Robinson ranks 2. Before him are Bela Lugosi (1882). After him are John Houseman (1902), Elvira Popescu (1894), Maia Morgenstern (1962), Marcel Iureș (1951), Maria Tănase (1913), Sebastian Stan (1982), Ágnes Esterházy (1891), Natalya Varley (1947), Lupu Pick (1886), and Alexandra Maria Lara (1978).

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