ACTOR

Katharine Cornell

1893 - 1974

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Katharine Cornell (February 16, 1893 – June 9, 1974) was an American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer. She was born in Berlin to American parents and raised in Buffalo, New York. Dubbed "The First Lady of the Theatre" by critic Alexander Woollcott, Cornell was the first performer to receive the Drama League Award, for Romeo and Juliet in 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katharine Cornell has received more than 410,541 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Katharine Cornell is the 6,094th most popular actor (down from 5,229th in 2019), the 5,191st most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,395th in 2019) and the 215th most popular German Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Katharine Cornell ranks 6,094 out of 13,578. Before her are Choi Jin-hyuk, Elsa Zylberstein, Ruth Hussey, Ella Hall, Ewen Bremner, and Tamara Nosova. After her are Eleanor Boardman, Justus von Dohnányi, Laura Flores, Denis Lawson, Jens Albinus, and Joshua Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Katharine Cornell ranks 242. Before her are Giovanni Scatturin, Victor Verschueren, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Willi Apel, Walter Gordon, and Norman Bel Geddes. After her are Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Steingrímur Steinþórsson, Elizabeth Cotten, Betty Blythe, Harry Warren, and Maja Berezowska. Among people deceased in 1974, Katharine Cornell ranks 223. Before her are Paul Barth, Pedro Benítez, Östen Undén, Anders Lange, Giuseppe Moro, and Rafael Garza Gutiérrez. After her are Richard Long, Angelo Zorzi, Mirdza Ķempe, Guy Simonds, Richard Lawrence, and Leon Shamroy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Katharine Cornell ranks 5,191 out of 7,253. Before her are Hieronymous Theodor Richter (1824), Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (1942), Carsten Ramelow (1974), Mille Petrozza (1967), Irmtraud Morgner (1933), and Wilhelm Müller (1909). After her are Toni Merkens (1912), Friedhelm Funkel (1953), Justus von Dohnányi (1960), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (1989), Uta Frith (1941), and Georg Stollenwerk (1930).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Katharine Cornell ranks 215. Before her are Heiner Lauterbach (1953), Gisela May (1924), Heidi Kabel (1914), Aleksandra Khokhlova (1897), Uwe Ochsenknecht (1956), and Allison Mack (1982). After her are Justus von Dohnányi (1960), Grethe Weiser (1903), Moon Ga-young (1996), Lya Lys (1908), Sabine Moussier (1966), and Ewald Balser (1898).

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