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Elya Baskin

1950 - Today

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Ilya Zalmanovich Baskin (Latvian: Iļja Baskins; born 11 August 1950), known professionally as Elya Baskin, is a Latvian-American character actor. He first gained attention for his role in Moscow on the Hudson (1984), as Robin Williams' character's best friend. He is also known for playing Peter Parker's landlord, Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elya Baskin has received more than 686,603 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Elya Baskin is the 1,778th most popular actor (up from 2,292nd in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 77th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Actor.

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  • 690k

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  • 54.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Elya Baskin ranks 1,778 out of 9,996Before him are Tallulah Bankhead, Ghassan Massoud, Linda Blair, Charles Napier, Scatman Crothers, and Tom Felton. After him are Werner Krauss, Eddie Fisher, Christina Applegate, Olof Thunberg, Melissa Gilbert, and Dorothy Gibson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Elya Baskin ranks 119Before him are Juan Gabriel, Victoria Principal, Li Zhanshu, Tom Petty, Frank Stallone, and Yuki Fushimi. After him are Laura Esquivel, Natalie Cole, Nancy Allen, Randy Quaid, Yumi Umeoka, and John Hughes.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Elya Baskin ranks 54 out of 284Before him are Jānis K. Bērziņš (1889), Maria Amalia of Courland (1653), Paul Walden (1863), Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876), Jānis Pujats (1930), and Eduard Totleben (1818). After him are Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter (1884), Inese Jaunzeme (1932), Maria Skobtsova (1891), Viktors Arājs (1910), Barbara von Krüdener (1764), and Pēteris Stučka (1865).

Among ACTORS In Latvia

Among actors born in Latvia, Elya Baskin ranks 2Before him are Solomon Mikhoels (1890). After him are Arkady Raikin (1911), Vija Artmane (1929), Lya Mara (1897), Heinz Erhardt (1909), Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov (1948), Laima Vaikule (1954), Indra Devi (1899), Rutanya Alda (1942), Alvis Hermanis (1965), and Ksenia Solo (1987).

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