ACTOR

Ernst Busch

1900 - 1980

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Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Busch (22 January 1900 – 8 June 1980) was a German singer and actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Busch has received more than 13,618 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ernst Busch is the 1,288th most popular actor (down from 1,230th in 2019), the 1,894th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,772nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ernst Busch ranks 1,288 out of 13,578. Before him are James Tolkan, Renée Simonot, Edward Gordon Craig, Wilford Brimley, Daniel Brühl, and Akim Tamiroff. After him are Rhea Seehorn, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Wade Williams, Oleg Popov, Henry Bergman, and Brenda Fricker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Ernst Busch ranks 88. Before him are Herberts Cukurs, Ernst Neufert, Kiyoo Kanda, Hassan Fathy, Bluma Zeigarnik, and Otto Braun. After him are Jiro Miyake, Duy Tân, Fulcanelli, Coral Buttsworth, Sālote Tupou III, and Yvonne de Gaulle. Among people deceased in 1980, Ernst Busch ranks 75. Before him are Hugh Griffith, Tex Avery, Ernő Gerő, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, and Friedrich Hossbach. After him are Ida Kamińska, Olga Chekhova, John Mauchly, Masayoshi Ōhira, Katia Mann, and Dietrich von Saucken.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Busch ranks 1,894 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (1797), Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800), Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751), Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), Friedrich Hossbach (1894), and Dieter Schwarz (1939). After him are Heinrich Göbel (1818), Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (1235), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), Lorenz Oken (1779), Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759), and Johann Kirnberger (1721).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Ernst Busch ranks 38. Before him are Otto Sander (1941), Christian Oliver (1972), Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich (1858), Elke Sommer (1940), Uta Hagen (1919), and Kurt Gerron (1897). After him are Barbara Sukowa (1950), Marianne Koch (1931), Ulrich Mühe (1953), Loriot (1923), Maria Riva (1924), and Rachel Félix (1821).

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Television and Movie Roles

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
Fritz
Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”
May 14o 19327 / 10
Comradeship
Wittkopp
The picture tells of a mine disaster where German miners rescue French miners from an undergound fire and explosion. The story takes place in the Lorraine/Saar region, along the border between France and Germany.
Nov 17o 19317 / 10
The 3 Penny Opera
The Street Singer
In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally enterprising 'king of the beggars'.
Feb 18o 19317.078 / 10