ACTOR

Sitara Devi

1920 - 2014

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Sitara Devi (born Dhanlakshmi; 8 November 1920 – 25 November 2014) was an Indian dancer of the classical Kathak style of dancing, a singer, and an actress. She was the recipient of several awards and accolades, and performed at several prestigious venues in India and abroad; including the Royal Albert Hall, London (1967) and at the Carnegie Hall, New York (1976). At a young age Devi met Rabindranath Tagore. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sitara Devi has received more than 633,031 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sitara Devi is the 7,100th most popular actor, the 838th most popular biography from India and the 136th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sitara Devi ranks 7,100 out of 13,578. Before her are Alberta Watson, Laurie Bird, Joseph Mascolo, Masakazu Morita, Claudia Christian, and Byron Mann. After her are Byun Baek-hyun, Don Keefer, Samaire Armstrong, Álex González, Angelababy, and Kerr Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Sitara Devi ranks 410. Before her are Walter Frederick Morrison, Adolph Dubs, Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Jacqueline Mazéas, Keith Andrews, and Julio Bolbochán. After her are Edy Reinalter, Paul Scott, Joyce King, Friedrich Waller, Dorothy Abbott, and Duncan Hamilton. Among people deceased in 2014, Sitara Devi ranks 472. Before her are Tony Settember, Dannie Abse, Imre Gedővári, Marcia Strassman, Patrice Wymore, and Edmund Bruggmann. After her are Don Keefer, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Abel Laudonio, Béla Várady, Maxine Kumin, and Scott Asheton.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sitara Devi ranks 838 out of 1,861. Before her are Harold Walden (1887), V. K. Krishna Menon (1896), Vikram Seth (1952), John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Indira Nath (1938), and V. Shantaram (1901). After her are Adolf Lu Hitler Marak (1958), Daulat Singh Kothari (1906), Salmaan Taseer (1944), Varsha Adalja (1940), Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930), and Narayan Rao (1755).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Sitara Devi ranks 136. Before her are Boman Irani (1959), Anjali Devi (1927), Manorama (1937), Smita Patil (1955), Lalita Pawar (1916), and Sonu Sood (1973). After her are Geeta Bali (1930), Paresh Rawal (1955), Tabu (1971), Neetu Singh (1958), Huma Qureshi (1986), and P. Bhanumathi (1925).

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Jan 2nd 19350 / 10