ACTOR

Lamberto Maggiorani

1909 - 1983

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Lamberto Maggiorani (28 August 1909 – 22 April 1983) was an Italian actor remembered for his portrayal of Antonio Ricci in the 1948 Vittorio De Sica film Bicycle Thieves.He was a factory worker (he worked as a turner) and a non-professional actor at the time he was cast in this film. He earned 600,000 lire ($1,000 US) for his performance, enabling him to buy new furniture and treat his family to a vacation; but when he returned to the factory he was laid off because business was slackening and management felt it would be fairer to terminate him instead of other impoverished co-workers since he was perceived to have "made millions" as a movie star. He found occasional work as a bricklayer, but continued to try to get roles in movies, with little success; even de Sica was reluctant to employ him as anything other than an extra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lamberto Maggiorani has received more than 158,386 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Lamberto Maggiorani is the 1,868th most popular actor (down from 1,701st in 2019), the 2,352nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,108th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Italian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

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  • 54.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Lamberto Maggiorani has had the most page views in the with 20,581 views, followed by Italian (14,228), and Spanish (3,845). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (160.22%), Armenian (88.46%), and Tamil (62.03%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lamberto Maggiorani ranks 1,868 out of 13,578. Before him are Fabrice Luchini, Nurgül Yeşilçay, Richard Conte, Toni Collette, Caterina Boratto, and Edward Mulhare. After him are Rajinikanth, Ellen Pompeo, Suzanne Pleshette, Debra Paget, Cansu Dere, and Sam Worthington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Lamberto Maggiorani ranks 122. Before him are Juan Vicente Pérez, Pavle Đurišić, André Cayatte, Hendrik Casimir, Shigeo Shingo, and Dana Andrews. After him are Stephen Cole Kleene, Juan José Nogués, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Dean Rusk, David Frankfurter, and Reuven Shiloah. Among people deceased in 1983, Lamberto Maggiorani ranks 87. Before him are Ferenc Plattkó, Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, Rolf Stommelen, Jørgen Juve, Donald Maclean, and Ángel Labruna. After him are Florence Owens Thompson, Salo Flohr, Grigori Aleksandrov, Hennes Weisweiler, Jerzy Andrzejewski, and John Vorster.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lamberto Maggiorani ranks 2,352 out of 5,161. Before him are Publius Ventidius Bassus (-150), Lawrence Justinian (1381), Alexander of Constantinople (250), Francesco Maria II della Rovere (1549), Caterina Boratto (1915), and Viktor Dankl von Krasnik (1854). After him are Luigi Longo (1900), Realdo Colombo (1516), Pierina Legnani (1863), Medardo Rosso (1858), Filippo Pacini (1812), and Joseph Bonanno (1905).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Lamberto Maggiorani ranks 73. Before him are Folco Lulli (1912), Silvana Pampanini (1925), Luciana Paluzzi (1937), Eleonora Rossi Drago (1925), Aleksandër Moisiu (1879), and Caterina Boratto (1915). After him are Nicola Di Bari (1940), Carla Gravina (1941), Paolo Stoppa (1906), Danny Huston (1962), Paul Henreid (1908), and Franco Interlenghi (1931).

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Television and Movie Roles

Mamma Roma
Sick Man
After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has saved enough money to buy herself a fruit stand so that she can have a respectable middle-class life and reestablish contact with the 16-year-old son she abandoned when he was an infant. But her former pimp threatens to expose her sordid past, and her troubled son seems destined to fall into a life of crime and violence.
Sep 22o 19627.913 / 10
Umberto D.
(uncredited)
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
Jan 20o 19527.868 / 10
Bicycle Thieves
Antonio Ricci
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.
Nov 24o 19488.209 / 10