ACTOR

Kanan Devi

1916 - 1992

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Kanan Devi (22 April 1916 – 17 July 1992) was an Indian actress and singer. She was among the early singing stars of Indian cinema, and is credited popularly as the first star of Bengali cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kanan Devi has received more than 202,928 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kanan Devi is the 7,897th most popular actor (up from 8,091st in 2019), the 911th most popular biography from India (down from 821st in 2019) and the 147th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kanan Devis by language

Over the past year Kanan Devi has had the most page views in the with 21,708 views, followed by Bengali (3,664), and Hindi (1,274). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Western Punjabi (1,322.58%), Maithili (75.79%), and Assamese (71.05%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kanan Devi ranks 7,897 out of 13,578. Before her are Gina Philips, Burak Deniz, Ann Gillis, Matt McCoy, Freddie Prinze, and Joanna Miles. After her are Alex Pettyfer, Nicole Ari Parker, Pamela Brown, Thomas Gomez, Sid James, and Nora Swinburne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Kanan Devi ranks 294. Before her are Chinmayananda Saraswati, Rochelle Hudson, Ruth Warrick, Daws Butler, Günther Ortmann, and Gaylord Nelson. After her are Bill Melendez, Hal Smith, Óscar Cristi, Lucille Bliss, Forrest J Ackerman, and Beverly Cleary. Among people deceased in 1992, Kanan Devi ranks 270. Before her are Paul Winter, Leo Halle, Molly Picon, Frank Armi, Mallikarjun Mansur, and István Szívós. After her are Dorothy Tree, Alif Hajiyev, Eddie Kendricks, Maurice Perrin, S. I. Hayakawa, and María Elena Moyano.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kanan Devi ranks 911 out of 1,861. Before her are Kaifi Azmi (1919), Sushmita Sen (1975), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), Balram Jakhar (1923), Abhay Ashtekar (1949), and Sudha Chandran (1965). After her are Dorabji Tata (1859), Nandini Satpathy (1931), Uddhav Thackeray (1960), Avinash Dixit (1944), Yellapragada Subbarow (1895), and Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi (1920).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Kanan Devi ranks 147. Before her are P. Bhanumathi (1925), Norman Pritchard (1877), Surekha Sikri (1945), Aasif Mandvi (1966), Sushmita Sen (1975), and Sudha Chandran (1965). After her are B. Saroja Devi (1938), Prem Nazir (1927), Bobby Deol (1969), Jyoti Amge (1993), Jamuna (1936), and Zohra Sehgal (1912).

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Television and Movie Roles

Ananya
Sita
Jan 1o 19490 / 10
The Liberation of the Soul
Chitra
This classic adultery story tells of an artist, Prasanta (Barua) presented in the stereotypically romantic image: dedicated to his vocation, paying no heed to his scandalous reputation (he paints nude models) and with a cavalier attitude to his conservative father-in-law's (Choudhury) demands for a good social behaviour.
Sep 18o 19370 / 10
Street Singer
Two street urchins dream of singing and making it big in the glamorous world of theatre in Calcutta.
Feb 4o 19385 / 10