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Zizi Jeanmaire

1924 - 2020

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Renée Marcelle "Zizi" Jeanmaire (29 April 1924 – 17 July 2020) was a French ballet dancer, actress and singer. She became famous in the 1950s after playing the title role in the ballet Carmen, produced in London in 1949, and went on to appear in several Hollywood films and Paris revues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zizi Jeanmaire has received more than 358,641 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Zizi Jeanmaire is the 41st most popular dancer (down from 40th in 2019), the 2,716th most popular biography from France (down from 2,594th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Zizi Jeanmaire ranks 41 out of 116. Before her are Agrippina Vaganova, Lev Ivanov, Roland Petit, Jules Perrot, Gaétan Vestris, and Pierina Legnani. After her are Arthur Saint-Léon, Jiří Kylián, Léonide Massine, Birju Maharaj, Lindsay Kemp, and Maria Tallchief.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Zizi Jeanmaire ranks 153. Before her are Shintaro Abe, S. N. Goenka, M. Karunanidhi, Luigi Musso, Motoo Kimura, and Daniel Inouye. After her are Franco Cristaldi, Claude Lefort, Walter Gotell, Eduardo Fajardo, Ken Tyrrell, and Franco Basaglia. Among people deceased in 2020, Zizi Jeanmaire ranks 172. Before her are Jackie Stallone, Jörn Donner, Winston Groom, Rolf Hochhuth, Armando Manzanero, and Nur Hassan Hussein. After her are Bill Gates Sr., Bernard Stiegler, Linda Cristal, Pierre Buyoya, Stanisław Kania, and Sergio Rossi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Zizi Jeanmaire ranks 2,716 out of 6,770. Before her are Paul Héroult (1863), Léon Werth (1878), Clément Juglar (1819), Louis Delluc (1890), Paul Ulrich Villard (1860), and Sulpitius the Pious (576). After her are Guillaume Canet (1973), Saint Faith (290), Benjamin Baillaud (1848), Arthur Saint-Léon (1821), Émile Littré (1801), and Jeanne de Lestonnac (1556).

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Among DANCERS In France

Among dancers born in France, Zizi Jeanmaire ranks 9. Before her are Jean-Georges Noverre (1727), La Goulue (1866), Pierre Beauchamp (1631), Liane de Pougy (1869), Roland Petit (1924), and Jules Perrot (1810). After her are Arthur Saint-Léon (1821), Micheline Bernardini (1927), Jean Coralli (1779), Yvette Chauviré (1917), and Sylvie Guillem (1965).

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