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Karlheinz Böhm

1928 - 2014

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Karlheinz Böhm (16 March 1928 – 29 May 2014) was a German-born Austrian actor and philanthropist. He took part in 45 films and became well known in Austria and Germany for his role as Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Sissi film trilogy and internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell. He was the founder of the trust Menschen für Menschen (“Humans for Humans”), which helps people in need in Ethiopia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karlheinz Böhm has received more than 540,369 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Karlheinz Böhm is the 540th most popular actor (up from 616th in 2019), the 837th most popular biography from Germany (up from 934th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Actor.

Karlheinz Böhm is most famous for his interpretations of the works of Gustav Mahler.

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  • 540k

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  • 62.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Karlheinz Böhm ranks 540 out of 13,578. Before him are Leslie Howard, Mildred Harris, Tom Waits, Richard Dreyfuss, Eleonora Duse, and Tippi Hedren. After him are Brian Cox, Mel Ferrer, Nǃxau ǂToma, Ken Watanabe, Maria Schell, and Raul Julia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Karlheinz Böhm ranks 53. Before him are Maya Angelou, Reynaldo Bignone, Alfonso de Portago, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Li Ka-shing, and Arnold Rüütel. After him are Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Geert Hofstede, Li Peng, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Elliott Erwitt, and Carl Woese. Among people deceased in 2014, Karlheinz Böhm ranks 39. Before him are Jack Brabham, Masaru Emoto, Maya Angelou, Daniel Keyes, Dobrica Ćosić, and Mickey Rooney. After him are Luise Rainer, P. D. James, Yozo Aoki, Maurice Duverger, Veljko Kadijević, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karlheinz Böhm ranks 837 out of 7,253. Before him are Klaus Hasselmann (1931), Otto Ernst Remer (1912), Bruno of Querfurt (970), Herta Oberheuser (1911), Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1505), and Georg Ernst Stahl (1659). After him are Friedrich Mohs (1773), Felix Magath (1953), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Hugo Junkers (1859), Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521), and Hans Fallada (1893).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Karlheinz Böhm ranks 8. Before him are Bruce Willis (1955), Simone Signoret (1921), Curd Jürgens (1915), Magda Schneider (1909), Udo Kier (1944), and Jürgen Prochnow (1941). After him are Nastassja Kinski (1961), Hildegard Knef (1925), Luise Rainer (1910), Horst Buchholz (1933), Hardy Krüger (1928), and Emmy Göring (1893).

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Television and Movie Roles

Peeping Tom
Mark Lewis
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
May 16th 19607.4 / 10
Sissi
Emperor Franz Joseph
The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.
Dec 22nd 19557.372 / 10
Sissi: The Young Empress
Emperor Franz Joseph
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.
Dec 1st 19567.163 / 10