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Anna Held

1872 - 1918

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Helene Anna Held (19 March 1872 – 12 August 1918) was a Polish-born French stage performer of Jewish origin on Broadway. While appearing in London, she was spotted by impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, who brought her to America as his common-law wife. From 1896 through 1910, she was one of Broadway's most celebrated leading ladies, presented in a succession of musicals as a charming, coquettish Parisian singer and comedienne, with an hourglass figure and an off-stage reputation for exotic behavior, such as bathing in 40 gallons of milk a day to maintain her complexion. Detractors implied that her fame owed more to Ziegfeld's promotional flair than to any intrinsic talent, but her audience allure was undeniable for over a decade, with several of her shows setting house attendance records for their time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Held is the 1,967th most popular singer (down from 1,709th in 2019), the 1,232nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,154th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Polish Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Anna Held ranks 1,967 out of 4,381. Before her are Emilíana Torrini, Don Dokken, Tom Odell, Magdalena Kožená, Samuel Ramey, and Pierre Rapsat. After her are Dao Bandon, Andrea Berg, King Curtis, Steve Strange, Chance the Rapper, and Bebe Rexha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Anna Held ranks 191. Before her are Eugenie Schwarzwald, Sidney Olcott, Ľudmila Podjavorinská, William Desmond Taylor, Harald Natvig, and Abdullah Yusuf Ali. After her are James Young, Mary Engle Pennington, Harlan F. Stone, Henry Seiling, William Nicholson, and Ralph Lewis. Among people deceased in 1918, Anna Held ranks 179. Before her are Reggie Pridmore, Cecil Healy, Walter Rauschenbusch, Amalie Materna, Gaston Salmon, and Joseph F. Smith. After her are Birt Acres, Jakob Jakobsen, Walter Chaffe, Harold Lockwood, John Forrest, and John Redmond.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Anna Held ranks 1,232 out of 1,694. Before her are Bronisław Malinowski (1951), Marek Dąbrowski (1949), Dariusz Michalczewski (1968), Grzegorz Krychowiak (1990), Jan Kowalczyk (1941), and Jan Furtok (1962). After her are Jürgen Colombo (1949), Stanisław Barańczak (1946), Piotr Świerczewski (1972), Jan Urban (1962), Agnieszka Radwańska (1989), and Artur Boruc (1980).

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Among SINGERS In Poland

Among singers born in Poland, Anna Held ranks 16. Before her are Chava Alberstein (1946), Anna Jantar (1950), Urszula Dudziak (1943), Jean de Reszke (1850), Olga Jackowska (1951), and Edyta Górniak (1972). After her are Jacek Kaczmarski (1957), Doda (1984), Paweł Kukiz (1963), Kayah (1967), Kasia Kowalska (1973), and Jakub Józef Orliński (1990).

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