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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 268,807 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Katina Paxinou is the 830th most popular actor (down from 674th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Greece (down from 244th 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)

  • 59.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Katina Paxinou ranks 830 out of 9,996. Before her are John Candy, Stephen Lang, James Avery, María Casares, Eric Idle, and Ugo Tognazzi. After her are Peter Weller, Michael York, Dorothy Malone, Ray Milland, James Mason, and Sebastian Shaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Katina Paxinou ranks 61. Before her are Rudolf Diels, James Bond, Robert Siodmak, Nathalie Sarraute, Werner Haase, and Pedro Cea. After her are Mária Telkes, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Ignazio Silone, Agnes Moorehead, Pridi Banomyong, and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. Among people deceased in 1973, Katina Paxinou ranks 57. Before her are W. H. Auden, Otto Klemperer, Robert Siodmak, Alan Watts, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, and Leo Strauss. After her are Shirali Muslimov, Karl Löwith, Mikhail Kalatozov, Veronica Lake, Edward Steichen, and Mary Wigman.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Katina Paxinou ranks 286 out of 936. Before her are Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Timoleon (-411), Cypselus (-700), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), Georgios Papandreou (1888), and Thaïs (-400). After her are Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), Antonia the Elder (-39), Plutarch of Athens (350), Nicholas Kabasilas (1322), Ariston of Sparta (-550), and Antiochus X Eusebes (-200).

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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), Ariane Labed (1984), and Haruna Ikezawa (1975).

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