ACTOR

Lilian Harvey

1906 - 1968

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Lilian Harvey (born Helene Lilian Muriel Pape; 19 January 1906 – 27 July 1968) was a British-German actress and singer, long based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film Der Kongreß tanzt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lilian Harvey has received more than 294,770 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Lilian Harvey is the 1,965th most popular actor (down from 1,794th in 2019), the 1,877th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,789th in 2019) and the 254th most popular British Actor.

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  • 290k

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  • 54.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lilian Harvey ranks 1,965 out of 13,578. Before her are Brent Spiner, Jandira Martini, Olga Kurylenko, Puneeth Rajkumar, Olivier Martinez, and Christian Slater. After her are Christian Marquand, M. Emmet Walsh, Ciara, Jill St. John, Blake Lively, and Girish Karnad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Lilian Harvey ranks 136. Before her are Shigemaru Takenokoshi, Tekla Juniewicz, Alec Issigonis, Zinka Milanov, J. R. Jayewardene, and T. H. White. After her are Anton Karas, Paolo Stoppa, Jim Thompson, Princess Anne of Orléans, Edward Ochab, and Samad Vurgun. Among people deceased in 1968, Lilian Harvey ranks 94. Before her are Duke Kahanamoku, Howard Florey, Tullio Serafin, R. Norris Williams, Tallulah Bankhead, and Tivadar Soros. After her are Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Gholamreza Takhti, Tian Han, Herbert Read, Randolph Churchill, and George Hackenschmidt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lilian Harvey ranks 1,877 out of 8,785. Before her are Herbert Chapman (1878), Andrew Bertie (1929), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Pauline Moran (1947), John Watson (1946), and Frederick Copleston (1907). After her are Steve Howe (1947), Alexander William Williamson (1824), W. Montgomery Watt (1909), Noël Coward (1899), William of Malmesbury (1080), and William Playfair (1759).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Lilian Harvey ranks 254. Before her are Peter Capaldi (1958), Miranda Richardson (1958), Leo Genn (1905), Susannah York (1939), Eunice Gayson (1928), and Pauline Moran (1947). After her are Donald Crisp (1882), Ray Winstone (1957), Nell Gwyn (1650), Julian Sands (1958), June Whitfield (1925), and Andy Whitfield (1971).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Three from the Filling Station
Lilian Cossmann
Die Drei von der Tankstelle, meaning The Three from the Gas Station, was advertised as a German operetta when release and with it’s star studded cast would become the forerunner of Musical films. Even today the soundtrack of the comic harmonists is popular in Germany.
Sep 15th 19306.1 / 10
The Congress Dances
Christel Weinzinger
Vienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince Metternich tries to use this and other pleasant diversions to keep him out of the negotiation conferences of the 1815 Vienna Congress.
Sep 29th 19317.2 / 10
A Blonde Dream
Jou-Jou
Rival window cleaners Willy I and Willy 2 befriend Jou-Jou, an aspiring dancer, who has been tricked out of money by a con-man posing as an American movie mogul, and together they turn an old railway carriage into a "Villa Hollywood" for her.
Sep 23rd 19325.5 / 10