ACTOR

Savitri

1936 - 1981

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Savitri (née, Nissankara; 6 December 1934 – 26 December 1981) was an Indian actress, singer, and filmmaker known for her works primarily in Telugu and Tamil films. She was one of the highest-paid and most popular Indian actresses in the 1950s and '60s. She was one of the most accomplished and respected actresses of all time in South India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Savitri has received more than 147,820 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Savitri is the 1,841st most popular actor (down from 1,736th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from India (down from 265th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Savitris by language

Over the past year Savitri has had the most page views in the with 28,357 views, followed by Hindi (13,978), and Tamil (13,618). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (110.06%), Sinhalese (89.44%), and Tamil (60.97%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Savitri ranks 1,841 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 19. Before her are Hema Malini (1948), Rajesh Khanna (1942), Aamir Khan (1965), Sridevi (1963), 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

Karnan
Bhanumathi
Brave and loyal warrior-archer Karna joins the Kauravas to battle the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra.
Jan 14o 19646.625 / 10
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 19577.525 / 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