ACTOR

Margarita Xirgu

1888 - 1969

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Margarita Xirgu Subirá (Catalan: Margarida Xirgu i Subirà [məɾɣəˈɾiðə ˈʃiɾɣu j suβiˈɾa]; 18 June 1888 – 25 April 1969) was a Spanish stage actress, who was greatly popular throughout her country and Latin America. A friend of the poet Federico García Lorca, she was forced into exile during Francisco Franco's dictatorship of Spain, but continued her work in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margarita Xirgu has received more than 46,511 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Margarita Xirgu is the 4,007th most popular actor (up from 4,371st in 2019), the 1,376th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,375th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Spanish Actor.

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  • 47k

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  • 56.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Margarita Xirgu ranks 4,007 out of 13,578Before her are Renée Adorée, Gina Carano, Joseph Grimaldi, Banjō Ginga, Brigitte Horney, and Monique van de Ven. After her are James Marsters, Charles Shaughnessy, Ossie Davis, Hans Moser, Assumpta Serna, and Gary Dourdan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Margarita Xirgu ranks 180Before her are Edward Cook, Edith Evans, Juan Antonio Ríos, Fritz-Hubert Gräser, Adam Zamenhof, and Kaare Klint. After her are Roger Ducret, Kiichiro Higuchi, Alexei Mateevici, Nils Dardel, Albert Kluyver, and Ronald Knox. Among people deceased in 1969, Margarita Xirgu ranks 164Before her are Albert Hill, Georges Ronsse, Gisela Arendt, Marek Hłasko, Zeki Rıza Sporel, and Ludwig Berger. After her are René Guillot, José Piendibene, Miles Dempsey, Frederick Lane, Mildred Davis, and Chang Taek-sang.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Margarita Xirgu ranks 1,376 out of 3,355Before her are Isacio Calleja (1936), María Galiana (1935), Álex de la Iglesia (1965), José Berraondo (1878), Fernand Sanz (1881), and José de Amézola y Aspizúa (1874). After her are Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot (1952), Assumpta Serna (1957), Amparo Muñoz (1954), Juanfran (1985), José María Ventura Casas (1817), and Pepe Romero (1944).

Among ACTORS In Spain

Among actors born in Spain, Margarita Xirgu ranks 59Before her are Belén Rueda (1965), Alba Flores (1986), Juan Diego (1942), Jordi Mollà (1968), Mario Casas (1986), and María Galiana (1935). After her are Assumpta Serna (1957), Amparo Rivelles (1925), Antonia San Juan (1961), Alfredo Landa (1933), Lolita Flores (1958), and Amparo Baró (1937).