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Madhubala

1933 - 1969

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Madhubala (born Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi; 14 February 1933 – 23 February 1969) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi-language films. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, Madhubala was the highest-paid Indian star in the early 1950s. In a career spanning more than 20 years, Madhubala was predominantly active for only a decade but had appeared in over 60 films by the time of her death in 1969.Born and raised in Delhi, Madhubala relocated to Bombay (now Mumbai) with her family when she was 8 years old and shortly after appeared in minor roles in a number of films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madhubala has received more than 9,597,930 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Madhubala is the 2,634th most popular actor (up from 2,948th in 2019), the 409th most popular biography from India (up from 413th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Madhubalas by language

Over the past year Madhubala has had the most page views in the with 1,139,894 views, followed by Hindi (48,736), and Bengali (10,917). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (240.36%), Maithili (88.85%), and Simple English (82.87%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Madhubala ranks 2,634 out of 13,578. Before her are Christian Marin, Haruo Nakajima, Suzy Delair, Lino Banfi, Chiara Mastroianni, and Bruno S.. After her are Clark Gregg, Chita Rivera, Helena Modjeska, Sarah Clarke, Warren Oates, and Chico Marx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Madhubala ranks 224. Before her are Nexhmije Pagarusha, Julian Bream, Marlene Ahrens, Julieta Serrano, Nino Vaccarella, and Chelo Alonso. After her are Kelvin Felix, Chita Rivera, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Sinn Sisamouth, Abel Pacheco, and Najah al-Attar. Among people deceased in 1969, Madhubala ranks 114. Before her are Ben Shahn, Abdirashid Shermarke, Jan Zajíc, Iskander Mirza, José María Arguedas, and Gerhard Mitter. After her are Serge Poliakoff, Leopold von Wiese, Ilse Steppat, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Karl Kaufmann, and Mutesa II of Buganda.

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In India

Among people born in India, Madhubala ranks 409 out of 1,861. Before her are Suryakant Tripathi (1899), Malik Kafur (1250), Vidya Balan (1979), Sharmila Tagore (1944), Anil Kapoor (1956), and Kiran Bedi (1949). After her are Debendranath Tagore (1817), Jeetendra (1942), Vichitravirya (null), R. K. Narayan (1906), Idries Shah (1924), and Man Singh I (1550).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Madhubala ranks 35. Before her are Mala Sinha (1936), Rekha (1954), Suriya (1975), Vidya Balan (1979), Sharmila Tagore (1944), and Anil Kapoor (1956). After her are Jeetendra (1942), Sanjeev Kumar (1938), Tanuja (1943), Anupam Kher (1955), Shammi Kapoor (1931), and Madhuri Dixit (1967).

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Television and Movie Roles

Mr. & Mrs. '55
Anita Verma
A young, naive heiress is forced into a 'marriage of convenience' with an unemployed cartoonist in an attempt to save her millions - a move orchestrated by the scheming aunt.
Feb 11o 19555.4 / 10
Mahal
Kamini/Asha
A young lawyer is involved with a ghostly woman in his new house, where the builder and his fiancée died shortly after it was built.
Oct 19o 19495.5 / 10
Mughal-e-Azam
Anarkali
A 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.
Aug 5o 19607 / 10