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Eleonora Duse

1858 - 1924

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Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse ( DEW-zay, Italian: [eleoˈnɔːra ˈduːze]; 3 October 1858 – 21 April 1924), often known simply as Duse, was an Italian actress, rated by many as the greatest of her time. She performed in many countries, notably in the plays of Gabriele D'Annunzio and Henrik Ibsen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eleonora Duse has received more than 455,129 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Eleonora Duse is the 538th most popular actor (up from 623rd in 2019), the 1,017th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,101st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Actor.

Eleonora Duse was an Italian actress who is most famous for her performances in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Eleonora Duse ranks 538 out of 13,578. Before her are John Cassavetes, Bette Midler, Leslie Howard, Mildred Harris, Tom Waits, and Richard Dreyfuss. After her are Tippi Hedren, Karlheinz Böhm, Brian Cox, Mel Ferrer, Nǃxau ǂToma, and Ken Watanabe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Eleonora Duse ranks 25. Before her are Marie Bashkirtseff, Kang Youwei, Maria Christina of Austria, Mihajlo Pupin, Ludwig Quidde, and Eugène Ysaÿe. After her are Keke Geladze, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Princess Louise of Belgium, Giovanni Segantini, Michael Hainisch, and Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1924, Eleonora Duse ranks 17. Before her are Carl Spitteler, Frances Hodgson Burnett, George Mallory, Ferdinand Cheval, Ferruccio Busoni, and Robert Nivelle. After her are Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Alexander Parvus, Giacomo Matteotti, Léon Bakst, Princess Louise of Belgium, and Karl Denke.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Eleonora Duse ranks 1,017 out of 5,161. Before her are Totò (1898), Lucio Dalla (1943), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Luigi Russolo (1885), Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260), and Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756). After her are Peter Damian (1007), Occhiali (1519), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Edda Mussolini (1910), Francesco Landini (1325), and Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans (1371).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Eleonora Duse ranks 29. Before her are Michele Placido (1946), Alberto Sordi (1920), Lucia Bosè (1931), Franco Columbu (1941), Claudia Mori (1944), and Totò (1898). After her are Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Pier Angeli (1932), Raf Vallone (1916), Marisa Pavan (1932), Daniela Bianchi (1942), and Ugo Tognazzi (1922).

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