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Lola Montez

1821 - 1861

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Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld (17 February 1821 – 17 January 1861), better known by the stage name Lola Montez (), was an Irish dancer and actress who became famous as a Spanish dancer, courtesan, and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who made her Gräfin von Landsfeld (Countess of Landsfeld). At the start of the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states, she was forced to flee. She proceeded to the United States via Austria, Switzerland, France and London, to return to her work as an entertainer and lecturer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lola Montez is the 431st most popular actor (down from 331st in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 24th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Actor.

Lola Montez was a dancer and actress who became the mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

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Among actors, Lola Montez ranks 431 out of 13,578. Before her are Armin Mueller-Stahl, Bibi Andersson, Curd Jürgens, Nathalie Delon, Liam Cunningham, and Marina Vlady. After her are William Hurt, Mylène Demongeot, Jamie Lee Curtis, Penélope Cruz, Matt Damon, and John Gavin.

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Among people born in 1821, Lola Montez ranks 8. Before her are Charles Baudelaire, Gustave Flaubert, Hermann von Helmholtz, Rudolf Virchow, August Schleicher, and Auguste Mariette. After her are Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Elizabeth Blackwell, Wilhelm Tempel, Louis Vuitton, Pauline Viardot, and Charles Tupper. Among people deceased in 1861, Lola Montez ranks 12. Before her are Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Xianfeng Emperor, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Pedro V of Portugal, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Pavel Jozef Šafárik. After her are Ranavalona I, Eugène Scribe, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Elisha Otis, and Henri Murger.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Lola Montez ranks 41 out of 549. Before her are Michael D. Higgins (1941), Bertie Ahern (1951), Laurence Sterne (1713), Harald Gille (1103), Joseph Murphy (1898), and Liam Cunningham (1961). After her are Iris Murdoch (1919), Enya (1961), John Boland (1870), Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946), Cillian Murphy (1976), and Francis Beaufort (1774).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Lola Montez ranks 5. Before her are Richard Harris (1930), Michael Gambon (1940), Pierce Brosnan (1953), and Liam Cunningham (1961). After her are Cillian Murphy (1976), Gabriel Byrne (1950), Brendan Gleeson (1955), Maureen O'Hara (1920), Colin Farrell (1976), Brenda Fricker (1945), and Caitriona Balfe (1979).

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