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David Belasco

1853 - 1931

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David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story Madame Butterfly for the stage. He launched the theatrical career of many actors, including James O'Neill, Mary Pickford, Lenore Ulric, and Barbara Stanwyck. Belasco pioneered many innovative new forms of stage lighting and special effects in order to create realism and naturalism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Belasco is the 4,746th most popular writer (up from 5,094th in 2019), the 7,117th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,221st in 2019) and the 539th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, David Belasco ranks 4,746 out of 7,302. Before him are Alifa Rifaat, Dun Karm Psaila, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Ladislav Fuks, Vladimir Dudintsev, and Vitaly Bianki. After him are Sakyo Komatsu, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Mieke Bal, Hushang Ebtehaj, Joe Abercrombie, and Jean-Philippe Toussaint.

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Among people born in 1853, David Belasco ranks 88. Before him are Pierre Marie, Heinrich Kayser, Julian Fałat, Emilio Aceval, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, and Dmitry Sipyagin. After him are Gertrud Adelborg, Charles Howard Hinton, René Bazin, Hamoud bin Mohammed of Zanzibar, Henning von Holtzendorff, and Konstantin Stoilov. Among people deceased in 1931, David Belasco ranks 119. Before him are William Orpen, Sukhdev Thapar, Richard Wettstein, Albert Capellani, Eugen Schmidt, and Emilio Aceval. After him are Elsa Laula Renberg, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Curt von François, William Frederick Denning, Victor Bérard, and Juan Zorrilla de San Martín.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Belasco ranks 7,119 out of 20,380. Before him are Dick Savitt (1927), Leila Hyams (1905), David Gale (1921), Charles W. Misner (1932), Gram Parsons (1946), and Ben Sharpsteen (1895). After him are Sheila E. (1957), Jello Biafra (1958), Ron Asheton (1948), Joe Montana (1956), Branscombe Richmond (1955), and Joan Hackett (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, David Belasco ranks 539. Before him are Zane Grey (1872), Saul Alinsky (1909), Marta Kauffman (1956), Robert Greene (1959), Aaron Sorkin (1961), and Thomas Ligotti (1953). After him are Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Susanna Kaysen (1948), Elaine May (1932), Larry Collins (1929), Michael Cristofer (1945), and David Eddings (1931).

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