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Cléo de Mérode

1875 - 1966

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Cléopâtre-Diane de Mérode (27 September 1875 – 17 October 1966) was a French dancer of the Belle Époque. She has been referred to as the "first real celebrity icon" and the "first modern celebrity". She was also the first woman whose photographic image, due in particular to photographers Nadar and Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, was distributed worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cléo de Mérode is the 860th most popular actor (down from 684th in 2019), the 1,389th most popular biography from France (down from 1,234th in 2019) and the 66th most popular French Actor.

Cléo de Mérode was a French actress and singer who was most famous for her role in the opera "La Dame aux Camélias" by Giuseppe Verdi.

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Among actors, Cléo de Mérode ranks 860 out of 13,578. Before her are Robert Pine, Bernard Cribbins, Coluche, Richard Farnsworth, Britt Ekland, and Tarita Teriipaia. After her are Linda Evans, Tom Lister Jr., Lee Grant, Ajay Devgn, Anthony Mann, and Shohreh Aghdashloo.

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Among people born in 1875, Cléo de Mérode ranks 42. Before her are Zhang Zuolin, Mihály Károlyi, Albert Marquet, Nobuyuki Abe, Sisowath Monivong, and Rudolf von Sebottendorf. After her are Mistinguett, Ludwig Prandtl, Leonardo De Lorenzo, Franco Alfano, Qiu Jin, and Othenio Abel. Among people deceased in 1966, Cléo de Mérode ranks 46. Before her are Hannes Kolehmainen, Battista Farina, Gino Severini, Herbert Gille, Ludwig Binswanger, and Elizabeth Arden. After her are Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Lao She, Siegfried Kracauer, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Erwin Piscator, and Jisaburō Ozawa.

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In France

Among people born in France, Cléo de Mérode ranks 1,389 out of 6,770. Before her are Charles Fabry (1867), François-Édouard Picot (1786), Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817), François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818), Clément Ader (1841), and Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801). After her are Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Léo Taxil (1854), Benedict of Aniane (750), Michel de Certeau (1925), Ernest Gellner (1925), and Michel Verne (1861).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Cléo de Mérode ranks 66. Before her are Jean-Louis Barrault (1910), Charles Boyer (1899), François Cluzet (1955), Capucine (1928), Pierre Brice (1929), and Coluche (1944). After her are Nathalie Baye (1948), Mistinguett (1875), Claudine Auger (1941), Geneviève Grad (1944), Emmanuelle Béart (1963), and Jean-Claude Pascal (1927).

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