ACTOR

Pierre Étaix

1928 - 2016

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Pierre Étaix (French: [etɛks]; 23 November 1928 – 14 October 2016) was a French clown, comedian and filmmaker. Étaix made a series of short- and feature-length films, many of them co-written by influential screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. He won an Academy Award for best live action short film in 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Étaix has received more than 92,356 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Étaix is the 2,332nd most popular actor (up from 3,207th in 2019), the 3,107th most popular biography from France (up from 3,581st in 2019) and the 169th most popular French Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 92k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Pierre Étaix has had the most page views in the with 13,363 views, followed by English (8,909), and Japanese (4,368). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (43.20%), Bulgarian (40.11%), and Swedish (39.53%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pierre Étaix ranks 2,332 out of 13,578. Before him are Kevin Hagen, Barry Bostwick, Claire Trevor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maryam d'Abo, and Ita Rina. After him are David Chiang, Harris Yulin, Michael Ansara, Mikhail Boyarsky, Eddie Albert, and Crispin Glover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Pierre Étaix ranks 241. Before him are Ethel Kennedy, Bengt Gustavsson, Franciszek Pieczka, Horace Silver, William Berger, and Kevin Hagen. After him are Vincent Gigante, Orson Bean, Hans Herrmann, Abdellatif Filali, Steingrímur Hermannsson, and Nicolas Roeg. Among people deceased in 2016, Pierre Étaix ranks 188. Before him are Mahasweta Devi, Christina Grimmie, Fazil Iskander, Yūko Tsushima, Klim Churyumov, and Jacques Hamel. After him are Halil İnalcık, Madeleine Lebeau, Željko Čajkovski, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, Guido Westerwelle, and S. R. Nathan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Étaix ranks 3,107 out of 6,770. Before him are André Prévost (1860), Louis-Mathieu Molé (1781), Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748), Emmanuel Frémiet (1824), Suzanne Curchod (1737), and Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746). After him are George Onslow (1784), Albert Batteux (1919), Hervé Bazin (1911), Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821), Fud Leclerc (1924), and Jean de Roquetaillade (1310).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Pierre Étaix ranks 169. Before him are Étienne Decroux (1898), Henri Vidal (1919), Irène Jacob (1966), Édith Scob (1937), Vernon Dobtcheff (1934), and Sabine Azéma (1949). After him are Pascal Greggory (1954), Michel Duchaussoy (1938), Yves Robert (1920), Madeleine Lebeau (1923), Gérard Darmon (1948), and Suzanne Flon (1918).

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Television and Movie Roles

Pickpocket
Accomplice 2
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.
Dec 16o 19597.316 / 10
Yoyo
Yoyo / The Millionaire
The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in the stock-exchange crash, he teams up with an equestrienne and becomes a circus clown.
Feb 19o 19657.1 / 10
Le Havre
Dr. Becker
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the tireless support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials pursuing the boy for deportation.
Sep 8o 20116.983 / 10