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 406,484 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Katharine Cornell is the 6,090th 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.

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  • 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 6,090 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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Television and Movie Roles

The Unconquered
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Narrated by actress Katharine Cornell and filmed in black and white, it spends the first 24 minutes introducing viewers, through newsreels, interviews, and old photographs, to the story of the deaf and blind disabled-rights pioneer. News footage shows her international appearances and visits with heads of state, including President Eisenhower allowing her to feel his face. The second half takes a day-in-the-(exceptional)-life approach to Keller's existence circa 1955. Made just 13 years before her death, Keller's famed tutor-translator-friend Anne Sullivan had already died, leaving her live-in replacement, Polly Thomson, to share the film's focus. From the time Keller takes her morning walk along the 1,000-foot handrail around her yard through her workday to her nightly reading of her Braille Bible, her serene acceptance of her life will amaze and inspire. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.
Jun 15o 19547.4 / 10
Stage Door Canteen
Katharine Cornell
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
Jun 24o 19436.1 / 10
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
Apr 2o 19560 / 10