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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 310,763 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Zizi Jeanmaire is the 40th most popular dancer (down from 26th in 2019), the 2,602nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,549th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Dancer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Zizi Jeanmaire ranks 40 out of 76Before her are Filippo Taglioni, August Bournonville, Jules Perrot, Lev Ivanov, Olga Khokhlova, and Alexander Godunov. After her are Léonide Massine, Pierina Legnani, Jiří Kylián, Carla Fracci, Gaétan Vestris, and Enrico Cecchetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Zizi Jeanmaire ranks 149Before her are Motoo Kimura, Alexander Matrosov, Marcel Broodthaers, Bayezid Osman, Dinah Washington, and Lefter Küçükandonyadis. After her are Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Ottmar Walter, Donatas Banionis, Mohammed Rafi, Margit Sandemo, and David Cox. Among people deceased in 2020, Zizi Jeanmaire ranks 165Before her are Olof Thunberg, Mesut Yılmaz, Pierre Nkurunziza, Viktor Ponedelnik, Philippe Nahon, and Astrid Kirchherr. After her are Adolfo Nicolás, Winston Groom, Joaquín Peiró, Wilford Brimley, Jackie Stallone, and Irrfan Khan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Zizi Jeanmaire ranks 2,602 out of 6,011Before her are Philippe Nahon (1938), Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773), Charles Lecocq (1832), Anne Golon (1921), Margaret I, Countess of Flanders (1145), and Marguerite Gérard (1761). After her are Pōmare IV (1813), Jean Astruc (1684), René Grousset (1885), Nicolas Gombert (1495), Auguste Bravais (1811), and Charles, Count of Soissons (1566).

Among DANCERS In France

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