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Max Linder

1883 - 1925

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Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle (16 December 1883 – 1 November 1925), known professionally as Max Linder (French: [maks lɛ̃.dɛʁ]), was a French actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and comedian of the silent film era. His onscreen persona "Max" was one of the first recognizable recurring characters in film. He has also been cited as the "first international movie star" and "the first film star anywhere". Born in Cavernes, France to Catholic parents, Linder grew up with a passion for theater and enrolled in the Conservatoire de Bordeaux in 1899. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Linder is the 776th most popular actor (down from 732nd in 2019), the 1,271st most popular biography from France (up from 1,287th in 2019) and the 58th most popular French Actor.

Max Linder was a silent film comedian who was most famous for his slapstick comedy.

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Among actors, Max Linder ranks 776 out of 13,578. Before him are Rebecca Ferguson, Ramon Novarro, Mark Ruffalo, Eugene Levy, Jack Black, and Dominique Sanda. After him are Mukesh, Billy Bob Thornton, Sissy Spacek, Alyson Hannigan, Barbara Bouchet, and Ugo Tognazzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Max Linder ranks 47. Before him are Georgios Papanikolaou, A. S. Neill, Erich Heckel, Döme Sztójay, Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, and Giovanni Messe. After him are Alexandros Papagos, Ivan Meštrović, Gusztáv Jány, Gino Severini, Marie Laurencin, and Alexander Yegorov. Among people deceased in 1925, Max Linder ranks 40. Before him are Karl Abraham, Christian Krohg, Robert M. La Follette, Christian Michelsen, Lovis Corinth, and Pierre Louÿs. After him are Eugen Sandow, Fritz Haarmann, August von Wassermann, Moritz Moszkowski, Antti Aarne, and Boris Savinkov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Max Linder ranks 1,271 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Ferry (1832), Odile of Alsace (662), Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Dominique Sanda (1948), and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737). After him are Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Tancred of Hauteville (980), René Arnoux (1948), Walter Sans Avoir (1050), Jane Frances de Chantal (1572), and Augustin Robespierre (1763).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Max Linder ranks 58. Before him are Michèle Morgan (1920), Jean Rochefort (1930), Marion Cotillard (1975), Maurice Ronet (1927), Samy Naceri (1961), and Dominique Sanda (1948). After him are André Antoine (1858), Jean-Louis Barrault (1910), Charles Boyer (1899), François Cluzet (1955), Capucine (1928), and Pierre Brice (1929).

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