ACTOR

Parveen Babi

1949 - 2005

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Parveen Sultana Wali Mohammad Khanji Babi (pronounced [ˈpəɾʋin ˈbɑbi]; (4 April 1949 – 20 January 2005) was an Indian actress and model, who worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of the greatest and most highest-paid actresses of the 1970s and the 1980s, she appeared in 70 films and was the first Bollywood star, to appear on the cover of Time magazine. She was known for her glamorous acting style, her modelling and fashion, and was often cited in the media as a sex symbol. Babi was born in 1949, into the Babi Dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Parveen Babi has received more than 6,768,698 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Parveen Babi is the 5,488th most popular actor (down from 5,071st in 2019), the 695th most popular biography from India (down from 586th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 5.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Parveen Babi ranks 5,488 out of 13,578Before her are Nathalie Emmanuel, Shatrughan Sinha, Guy Madison, Stephen Mangan, Beatriz Segall, and Eric Szmanda. After her are Martin Wuttke, Jeanette Nolan, Ralph Meeker, Estelle Winwood, Jenna Ortega, and Romi Park.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Parveen Babi ranks 511Before her are Michael Häupl, Jerry Lawler, Christy Walton, Toyokazu Nomura, Heini Hemmi, and György Gedó. After her are Hana Mašková, John Shea, Marie-George Buffet, Raoul Cédras, Richard Hell, and Bill O'Reilly. Among people deceased in 2005, Parveen Babi ranks 277Before her are David Diamond, Wolfgang Blochwitz, Jerzy Pawłowski, Josef Holeček, Henry Källgren, and Lane Smith. After her are Viktor Kapitonov, Carl Amery, Maria Vierdag, Renée Faure, Tetsuo Hamuro, and José Azcona del Hoyo.

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In India

Among people born in India, Parveen Babi ranks 695 out of 1,861Before her are Trilok Gurtu (1951), Reema Lagoo (1958), Juhi Chawla (1967), Alka Yagnik (1966), Tim Severin (1940), and Shatrughan Sinha (1945). After her are I. I. Chundrigar (1897), Rakhee Gulzar (1947), Vijay Amritraj (1953), Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928), Mehdi Hassan (1927), and Soumitra Chatterjee (1935).

Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Parveen Babi ranks 96Before her are Amrita Singh (1958), Chiranjeevi (1955), Reema Lagoo (1958), Juhi Chawla (1967), Alka Yagnik (1966), and Shatrughan Sinha (1945). After her are Rakhee Gulzar (1947), Vijay Amritraj (1953), Soumitra Chatterjee (1935), Govinda (1963), Danny Denzongpa (1948), and Feroz Khan (1939).