ACTOR

Lotte Lenya

1898 - 1981

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Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer; 18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States. In the German-speaking and classical music world, she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her first husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language cinema, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a jaded aristocrat in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lotte Lenya has received more than 1,166,262 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Lotte Lenya is the 902nd most popular actor (down from 764th in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from Austria (down from 297th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Austrian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lotte Lenyas by language

Over the past year Lotte Lenya has had the most page views in the with 141,298 views, followed by German (58,486), and French (9,844). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (152.43%), Piedmontese (67.67%), and Japanese (65.86%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lotte Lenya ranks 902 out of 13,578. Before her are Jill Ireland, Mario Adorf, Colin Farrell, Michel Serrault, Karen Grassle, and Barbara Hershey. After her are James Mason, Cliff Robertson, Edward James Olmos, Karen Allen, Anita Pallenberg, and Sônia Braga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Lotte Lenya ranks 61. Before her are Giuseppe Saragat, Josef Terboven, Carl Clauberg, Günther Korten, Inejiro Asanuma, and Alberto Suppici. After her are Viktor Ullmann, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Arletty, Gulzarilal Nanda, Viktor Pavičić, and Kurt Tank. Among people deceased in 1981, Lotte Lenya ranks 43. Before her are David Wechsler, Lobsang Rampa, Leo Kanner, Alberto Suppici, Bill Shankly, and Bill Haley. After her are Gyula Lóránt, Karl Richter, Stefan Wyszyński, Bernard Lee, Rómulo Betancourt, and Duško Popov.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Lotte Lenya ranks 318 out of 1,424. Before her are Maria Theresa of Austria (1801), Fritjof Capra (1939), Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870), Otto Hofmann (1896), Countess Georgina von Wilczek (1921), and Gerhard Berger (1959). After her are Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Hans Makart (1840), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Robert Adler (1913), and Camillo Sitte (1843).

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Among ACTORS In Austria

Among actors born in Austria, Lotte Lenya ranks 12. Before her are Helmut Berger (1944), Klaus Maria Brandauer (1943), Maria Schell (1926), Oskar Werner (1922), Katharina Schratt (1853), and Senta Berger (1941). After her are Helene Weigel (1900), Christine Kaufmann (1945), Martin Weinek (1964), Mizzi Kaspar (1864), Marisa Mell (1939), and Wolf Albach-Retty (1906).

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