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Mercedes de Acosta

1892 - 1968

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Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1892 – May 9, 1968) was an American poet, playwright, and novelist. Although she failed to achieve artistic and professional distinction, de Acosta is known for her many lesbian affairs with celebrated Broadway and Hollywood personalities including Alla Nazimova, Isadora Duncan, Eva Le Gallienne, and Marlene Dietrich. Her best-known involvement was with Greta Garbo with whom, in 1931, she began a sporadic and volatile romance. Her 1960 memoir, Here Lies the Heart, is considered part of gay history insofar that it hints at the lesbian element in some of her relationships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mercedes de Acosta is the 3,746th most popular writer (down from 3,459th in 2019), the 5,413th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,419th in 2019) and the 426th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Mercedes de Acosta ranks 3,746 out of 7,302. Before her are Helen Churchill Candee, Elin Pelin, Robert W. Chambers, Iwan Bloch, Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, and Arator. After her are Teresa de Lauretis, Antonio Beccadelli, Maurice Paléologue, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Cotton Mather, and Vitsentzos Kornaros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Mercedes de Acosta ranks 176. Before her are Francesca Bertini, John Alcock, József Nagy, Carl Panzram, Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, and Hal Roach. After her are Jean de Bie, Ólafur Thors, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Alberto Bayo, Gustav Fehn, and George Lawrence Price. Among people deceased in 1968, Mercedes de Acosta ranks 130. Before her are Ivan Pyryev, Khuang Aphaiwong, J. L. B. Smith, Rose Wilder Lane, Segismundo Casado, and Ibrahim Moustafa. After her are Panagiotis Pavlidis, Alexander Gelfond, Joseph Keilberth, Dorothy Garrod, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, and Leo Huberman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mercedes de Acosta ranks 5,413 out of 20,380. Before her are Lizzo (1988), Linda Perry (1965), B.o.B. (1988), Keith David (1956), Charles David Keeling (1928), and Harry Guardino (1925). After her are Mae Jemison (1956), George Catlin (1796), Doyle Brunson (1933), Cecil Taylor (1929), Black Elk (1863), and Howard Stern (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mercedes de Acosta ranks 426. Before her are Francis Scott Key (1779), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), Reginald Rose (1920), Peter Gould (1950), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), and Robert W. Chambers (1865). After her are Cotton Mather (1663), Douglas Preston (1956), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Spencer Johnson (1938), and Dennis Lehane (1965).

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