ACTOR

Étienne Decroux

1898 - 1991

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Étienne Decroux (19 July 1898 in Paris, France – 12 March 1991 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) was a French actor who studied at Jacques Copeau's École du Vieux-Colombier, where he saw the beginnings of what was to become his life's obsession–corporeal mime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne Decroux has received more than 112,154 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Étienne Decroux is the 2,159th most popular actor (down from 1,714th in 2019), the 2,980th most popular biography from France (down from 2,463rd in 2019) and the 163rd most popular French Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Étienne Decrouxes by language

Over the past year Étienne Decroux has had the most page views in the with 11,872 views, followed by French (5,254), and Spanish (4,685). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (3,360.00%), Azerbaijani (584.29%), and Breton (90.27%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Étienne Decroux ranks 2,159 out of 13,578. Before him are Sonny Landham, Lau Kar-leung, Teresa Wright, Yūsaku Matsuda, Vijay, and Robert Donat. After him are Haluk Bilginer, Stuart Wilson, Brenda Vaccaro, Francesca Annis, Jim Davis, and Jana Brejchová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Étienne Decroux ranks 118. Before him are Eric Hoffer, Ernst Wollweber, Marcel Griaule, Tian Han, Helmut Hasse, and Albert Lutuli. After him are Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Irene Dunne, Benjamin Fondane, Vilhelm Moberg, José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, and Warren Sturgis McCulloch. Among people deceased in 1991, Étienne Decroux ranks 100. Before him are André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Mikheil Meskhi, Schubert Gambetta, Artur Lundkvist, Luigi Zampa, and Yasushi Inoue. After him are Franco Maria Malfatti, Metin Oktay, Hitoshi Igarashi, Mario Scelba, Dead, and Rufino Tamayo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Decroux ranks 2,980 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Armand Dufaure (1798), Francis Ponge (1899), Walter V, Count of Brienne (1278), Antoine de Chézy (1718), Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778), and Albert Robida (1848). After him are Roberto Alagna (1963), Constance of France, Princess of Antioch (1078), Sophie Calle (1953), Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825), Pierre Vernier (1580), and Charles, Prince Napoléon (1950).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Étienne Decroux ranks 163. Before him are Gérard Blain (1930), Dany Boon (1966), Daniel Gélin (1921), Jean-Pierre Marielle (1932), Pierre Barouh (1934), and Marie-José Nat (1940). After him are Henri Vidal (1919), Irène Jacob (1966), Édith Scob (1937), Vernon Dobtcheff (1934), Sabine Azéma (1949), and Pierre Étaix (1928).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Le haut hurleur (Voice)
A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird in their escape from a ruthless dictator
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Children of Paradise
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Mar 15o 19458.115 / 10
It's in the Bag
Benjamin Deboise
Benjamin Déboisé, a hatter, his salesman and a young man want to kidnap an American millionaire, put him in a bag and hold him to ransom. But they make a mistake: the fellow they find in the bag is not the millionaire himself, but his son...!
Nov 25o 19327 / 10