ACTOR

Tony Curtis

1925 - 2010

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Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American actor with a career that spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films, in roles covering a wide range of genres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Curtis has received more than 13,878,457 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Tony Curtis is the 148th most popular actor (down from 130th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from United States (down from 244th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Actor.

Tony Curtis is most famous for his roles in the films "Some Like It Hot" and "The Defiant Ones."

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tony Curtis ranks 148 out of 13,578. Before him are Philippe Noiret, Robert Duvall, Susan Sarandon, Gérard Philipe, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Gloria Stuart. After him are Orson Welles, Jean Renoir, Laurence Olivier, Ava Gardner, Eli Wallach, and Tommy Lee Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Tony Curtis ranks 20. Before him are Audie Murphy, Mikis Theodorakis, Lee Van Cleef, Carlos Castaneda, Robert F. Kennedy, and Jorge Rafael Videla. After him are B.B. King, Jack Lemmon, Rock Hudson, Jacques Delors, Peter Sellers, and Michel Piccoli. Among people deceased in 2010, Tony Curtis ranks 6. Before him are José Saramago, J. D. Salinger, Lech Kaczyński, Leslie Nielsen, and Gloria Stuart. After him are Ronnie James Dio, Benoit Mandelbrot, Bobby Farrell, Dennis Hopper, Claude Chabrol, and Éric Rohmer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Curtis ranks 278 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Duvall (1931), Susan Sarandon (1946), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Gloria Stuart (1910), Chuck Berry (1926), and Steve Wozniak (1950). After him are Colonel Sanders (1890), Orson Welles (1915), George Marshall (1880), Gertrude Stein (1874), William Howard Taft (1857), and William Jennings Bryan (1860).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tony Curtis ranks 72. Before him are Gary Cooper (1901), Gene Hackman (1930), Robert Duvall (1931), Susan Sarandon (1946), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), and Gloria Stuart (1910). After him are Orson Welles (1915), Ava Gardner (1922), Eli Wallach (1915), Tommy Lee Jones (1946), Sandra Bullock (1964), and Burt Lancaster (1913).

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