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Miliza Korjus

1905 - 1980

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Miliza Elizabeth Korjus (August 18, 1909 – August 26, 1980) was a Polish-Estonian lyric coloratura soprano opera singer who appeared in classical American and Mexican sound films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Korjus became a naturalized United States citizen in her adulthood. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1938 for her performance in The Great Waltz. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miliza Korjus is the 813th most popular singer (down from 792nd in 2019), the 711th most popular biography from Poland (up from 721st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Miliza Korjus ranks 813 out of 4,381. Before her are Kumar Sanu, Cem Karaca, Chris Lowe, Marinella, Emma Calvé, and Melanie Thornton. After her are Peter Frampton, Al Jolson, Titta Ruffo, Mike Love, Giulia Grisi, and Camilo Sesto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Miliza Korjus ranks 179. Before her are Ferenc Farkas, Osvaldo Pugliese, Aldo Fabrizi, Colin Clark, Giuseppe Cavanna, and Alexandre Villaplane. After her are Rodolfo Orlandini, Paul Grimault, D. R. Kaprekar, Witness Lee, Mohammad Hidayatullah, and Raúl Leoni. Among people deceased in 1980, Miliza Korjus ranks 149. Before her are Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, George Raft, Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, Alfred Andersch, André Parrot, and Oskar Kummetz. After her are Roza Eskenazi, Sohrab Sepehri, Jacqueline Cochran, Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Arthur Melvin Okun, and Andrija Anković.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Miliza Korjus ranks 711 out of 1,694. Before her are August Zaleski (1883), Rutka Laskier (1929), Maria Dąbrowska (1889), Oskar Kummetz (1891), Helena Modjeska (1840), and Bernhard Grzimek (1909). After her are Aleksander Gierymski (1850), Wojciech Gerson (1831), Gustav Adolf von Götzen (1866), Samuel Eilenberg (1913), Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729), and Leo Baeck (1873).

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Among SINGERS In Poland

Among singers born in Poland, Miliza Korjus ranks 5. Before her are Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915), Marek Grechuta (1945), Justyna Steczkowska (1972), and Maryla Rodowicz (1945). After her are Basia (1954), Katja Ebstein (1945), Jan Kiepura (1902), Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Chava Alberstein (1946), Anna Jantar (1950), and Urszula Dudziak (1943).

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