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Lily Pons

1898 - 1976

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Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic lyric coloratura soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. As an opera singer, she specialized in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly associated with the title roles in Lakmé and Lucia di Lammermoor. In addition to appearing as a guest artist with many opera houses internationally, Pons enjoyed a long association with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where she performed nearly 300 times between 1931 and 1960. She also had a successful and lucrative career as a concert singer, which continued until her retirement from performance in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lily Pons is the 3,879th most popular actor (down from 3,218th in 2019), the 4,092nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,759th in 2019) and the 248th most popular French Actor.

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Among actors, Lily Pons ranks 3,879 out of 13,578. Before her are Ratna Pathak, Ed Wynn, Alfred Abel, Gladys Cooper, Tarık Akan, and Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak. After her are Taheyya Kariokka, Genevieve Cortese, Michael Paré, Vladimir Kulich, Gustaf Molander, and Michael Ball.

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Among people born in 1898, Lily Pons ranks 185. Before her are Arend Heyting, Roald Larsen, Masuji Ibuse, Jan Brzechwa, Yitzhak Kaduri, and Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. After her are Hal B. Wallis, Shirley Booth, Tang Enbo, Philippe Hériat, Katarzyna Kobro, and Therese Giehse. Among people deceased in 1976, Lily Pons ranks 169. Before her are Maurice Dobb, Manuel Olivares, Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Veikko Huhtanen, and Hamit Kaplan. After her are Edith Evans, Walter Piston, Percy Faith, Mark Tobey, Carlos Fonseca, and Alfred Landé.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lily Pons ranks 4,092 out of 6,770. Before her are Vincent Candela (1973), Dany Dauberson (1925), Alain Calmat (1940), Charles Dupin (1784), Louis Pouzin (1931), and Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747). After her are Roger Beaufrand (1908), François de Troy (1645), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Pierre Marie (1853), Philibert of Jumièges (608), and Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Lily Pons ranks 248. Before her are Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1842), Viviane Romance (1912), Raimu (1883), Danièle Delorme (1926), Emmanuelle Devos (1964), and Harry Baur (1880). After her are Gisèle Casadesus (1914), Denis Lavant (1961), Julien Guiomar (1928), Marie-Anne Chazel (1951), Renée Adorée (1898), and Benoît Magimel (1974).

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