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Katina Paxinou

1900 - 1973

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Katina Paxinou (Greek: Κατίνα Παξινού; 17 December 1900– 22 February 1973) was a Greek film and stage actress. She started her stage career in Greece in 1928 and was one of the founding members of the National Theatre of Greece in 1932. The outbreak of World War II found her in the United Kingdom and she later moved to the United States, where she made her film debut in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katina Paxinou has received more than 266,049 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Katina Paxinou is the 1,045th most popular actor (down from 829th in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Greece (down from 286th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Actor.

Katina Paxinou is most famous for her portrayal of the tragic heroine in the play "Electra" by Sophocles.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Katina Paxinous by language

Over the past year Katina Paxinou has had the most page views in the with 41,266 views, followed by English (28,804), and Spanish (6,913). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Western Punjabi (829.47%), Urdu (126.28%), and Galician (61.86%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Katina Paxinou ranks 1,045 out of 13,578. Before her are Marcheline Bertrand, Yuen Biao, Eric Bana, Paolo Villaggio, Karin Dor, and Shannon Tweed. After her are Alain Cuny, Olivia Hussey, Wallace Shawn, Jonathan Hyde, Dean Cain, and Gottfried John.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Katina Paxinou ranks 68. Before her are Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Robert Siodmak, Aaron Copland, Karin Boye, and Helene Weigel. After her are Agnes Moorehead, Camille Chamoun, Wilhelm Rediess, William Heinesen, Jean Arthur, and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. Among people deceased in 1973, Katina Paxinou ranks 68. Before her are Károly Kerényi, Edward Steichen, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Sessue Hayakawa, Robert Smithson, and Soong Ai-ling. After her are Alan Watts, José Villalonga, Yaakov Dori, Robert Ryan, Betty Grable, and Mikhail Kalatozov.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Katina Paxinou ranks 331 out of 1,024. Before her are Phrynichus (-535), Ageladas (-600), Crates of Athens (-400), Cypselus (-700), Alexis Tsipras (1974), and Paul of Aegina (625). After her are Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Nicos Poulantzas (1936), Demosthenes (-412), Ariston of Sparta (-550), Zoilus (-400), and Antilochus (null).

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Among ACTORS In Greece

Among actors born in Greece, Katina Paxinou ranks 4. Before her are Irene Papas (1929), Melina Mercouri (1920), and Thespis (-600). After her are John Aniston (1933), Aliki Vougiouklaki (1934), Skeet Ulrich (1970), Carl Anderson (1945), Adele Neuhauser (1959), Ariane Labed (1984), and Haruna Ikezawa (1975).

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Television and Movie Roles

Mr. Arkadin
Sophie
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
Aug 9o 19556.944 / 10
Rocco and His Brothers
Rosaria Parondi
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
Oct 6o 19608.074 / 10
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pilar
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.
Jul 12o 19436.6 / 10