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Savitri

1936 - 1981

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Nissankara Savitri (also known as Savitri Ganesan; 6 December 1934 – 26 December 1981) was an Indian actress and filmmaker who predominantly worked in Telugu and Tamil films. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, she was popularly known by the epithets Mahanati (transl. The great actress) in Telugu and Nadigaiyar Thilagam (transl. Doyen of all the actresses) in Tamil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Savitri has received more than 153,691 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Savitri is the 1,843rd most popular actor (down from 1,736th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from India (down from 265th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 54.82

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Savitri ranks 1,843 out of 13,578. Before her are Dana Delany, Kristina Söderbaum, Olof Thunberg, Octavia Spencer, William Powell, and Frank Wolff. After her are Kim Hae-sook, Natalia Makarova, Julie Delpy, Calista Flockhart, Eleonora Rossi Drago, and Sarah Miles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Savitri ranks 174. Before her are William Levada, Bobby Darin, Raymond Damadian, Vice Vukov, Hermeto Pascoal, and Masashi Watanabe. After her are Dan Inosanto, Louis Gossett Jr., Antonio López García, Jozef Vengloš, Arend Lijphart, and Norma Aleandro. Among people deceased in 1981, Savitri ranks 79. Before her are Marcel Bezençon, Yakov Pavlov, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Glauber Rocha, Alexander Kotov, and Manuel Urrutia Lleó. After her are Harry Harlow, Helmut Gröttrup, Nargis, Jerzy Neyman, Michele Andreolo, and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar.

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In India

Among people born in India, Savitri ranks 303 out of 1,861. Before her are M. S. Swaminathan (1925), Inayat Khan (1882), Nana Sahib (1824), Michael Radford (1946), Harilal Gandhi (1888), and M. Karunanidhi (1924). After her are Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952), Asha Bhosle (1933), K. Kamaraj (1903), Zail Singh (1916), Telesphore Toppo (1939), and Chandra Shekhar (1927).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Savitri ranks 20. Before her are Rajesh Khanna (1942), Aamir Khan (1965), Sridevi (1963), Merle Oberon (1911), Jaya Bachchan (1948), and Bhupen Hazarika (1926). After her are Rajinikanth (1950), Nargis (1929), Puneeth Rajkumar (1975), Girish Karnad (1938), Shashi Kapoor (1938), and Kajol (1974).

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Television and Movie Roles

Mayabazar
Sasirekha
Balarama promises Subhadra to get his daughter married to her son. However, when he loses his kingdom to the Kauravas, Balarama has no choice but to break his promise.
Mar 27o 19577.6 / 10
Karnan
Bhanumathi
Brave and loyal warrior-archer Karna joins the Kauravas to battle the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra.
Jan 14o 19646.6 / 10
Missamma
Mary / Mahalakshmi
Rao and Mary, unemployed college graduates from Madras, act as if they are a married couple to get jobs as schoolteachers in the small village of Appapuram. Their story unfolds into an extremely hilarious comedy as they try to cover up that Mary is a christian. They are assisted in their drama by Devaiah, a friend and ex-beggar, in fooling the family they work for.
Jan 12o 19557.6 / 10