ACTOR

Edwin Booth

1833 - 1893

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Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893) was an American stage actor and theatrical manager who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869, he founded Booth's Theatre in New York. He is considered by many to be the greatest American actor of the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Booth has received more than 1,614,772 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Edwin Booth is the 398th most popular actor (up from 4,895th in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,290th in 2019) and the 196th most popular American Actor.

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  • 64.56

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 0.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edwin Booth ranks 398 out of 13,578. Before him are Sally Field, Bolo Yeung, Lee Marvin, Vincent Cassel, Montgomery Clift, and Bibi Andersson. After him are Warren Beatty, Karl Malden, Danny Glover, John Lithgow, Richard Griffiths, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Edwin Booth ranks 11. Before him are Alexander Borodin, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Élie Ducommun, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Alfred von Schlieffen, and Ferdinand von Richthofen. After him are Félicien Rops, Eugen Dühring, Léon Bonnat, Charles George Gordon, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, and Edward Burne-Jones. Among people deceased in 1893, Edwin Booth ranks 10. Before him are Jean-Martin Charcot, Patrice de MacMahon, Hippolyte Taine, Alexander of Battenberg, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Jan Matejko. After him are Josef Stefan, Jules Ferry, Ernst Kummer, Baron Alexander von Bach, John Tyndall, and Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Booth ranks 717 out of 20,380. Before him are John Deere (1804), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Jared Diamond (1937), Robert H. Goddard (1882), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), and Montgomery Clift (1920). After him are Robert Nozick (1938), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Warren Beatty (1937), Karl Malden (1912), Walter Hill (1942), and Buckminster Fuller (1895).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edwin Booth ranks 196. Before him are Anne Bancroft (1931), Hattie McDaniel (1893), Kevin Bacon (1958), Sally Field (1946), Lee Marvin (1924), and Montgomery Clift (1920). After him are Warren Beatty (1937), Karl Malden (1912), Danny Glover (1946), John Lithgow (1945), Doris Day (1922), and Christopher Lambert (1957).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Little Theater
A young actress changing in the privacy of her dressing room, finds the theater's aging owner hiding behind her sofa. He begs her for mercy, claiming to be hiding from a lover's very violent and very angry husband.
Dec 12th 20110 / 10
Backstage Story
CHekhov adaptation.
Nov 11th 20090 / 10