ACTOR

Nils Asther

1897 - 1981

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Nils Anton Alfhild Asther (17 January 1897 – 19 October 1981) was a Swedish actor active in Hollywood from 1926 to the mid-1950s, known as "the male Greta Garbo". Between 1916 and 1963 he appeared in over seventy feature films, sixteen of which were produced in the silent era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nils Asther has received more than 290,597 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Nils Asther is the 4,405th most popular actor (up from 4,653rd in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 465th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Danish Actor.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nils Asther ranks 4,405 out of 13,578. Before him are Walter Sedlmayr, Madeleine Robinson, Blair Brown, Tessa Thompson, Gina Torres, and Samantha Bond. After him are Phyllis Allen, Michael Flatley, Henry B. Walthall, Mukesh, Tara Reid, and Morgana King.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Nils Asther ranks 226. Before him are Diego Abad de Santillán, Erik Malmberg, Pixinguinha, Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer, Alma Rubens, and George Murdock. After him are Fausto Acke, Edgard Colle, Henri Frankfort, Douglas Hartree, Diana Karenne, and Martti Marttelin. Among people deceased in 1981, Nils Asther ranks 180. Before him are Ludwig Goldbrunner, Stanisław Mazur, Morris Kirksey, Richard O'Connor, Constantin Rădulescu, and Cláudio Coutinho. After him are Sergio Amidei, Crisant Bosch, Gustaf Dyrssen, Benjamin Sheares, Aleksandra Beļcova, and Esteban Canal.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Nils Asther ranks 472 out of 1,032. Before him are Vagn Holmboe (1909), Ellen Osiier (1890), Christian Poulsen (1980), Ole Ernst (1940), Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (1876), and Flemming Povlsen (1966). After him are Prince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1668), Daniel Agger (1984), Eugen Schmidt (1862), Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (1941), Karen Hoff (1921), and Henrik Nordbrandt (1945).

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Among ACTORS In Denmark

Among actors born in Denmark, Nils Asther ranks 28. Before him are Thomas Bo Larsen (1963), Thure Lindhardt (1974), Vivi Bach (1939), Claes Bang (1967), Viggo Larsen (1880), and Ole Ernst (1940). After him are Betty Nansen (1873), Paprika Steen (1964), Pilou Asbæk (1982), Lili Bech (1883), Deepika Padukone (1986), and Jens Albinus (1965).

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