# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anita-pointer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:39:01.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anita-pointer"
name: "Anita Pointer"
slug: "anita-pointer"
description: "Anita Marie Pointer was an American singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters. She co-wrote and was the lead singer on their hit song \"Fairytale\", which garnered them their first Grammy Award in 1975. She was also the lead singer on many of their other hits, including \"Yes We Can Can\", \"Fire\", \"Slow Hand\", and \"I'm So Excited\"."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter (1948–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anita_Pointer_1974.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-01-23"
deathDate: "2022-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688459/"
    handle:    "nm0688459"
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    handle:    "7eX5M9S4GTvI1shpCuDD6O"
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    title: "آنیتا پوینتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Anita Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Anita Pointer"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Anita Pointer"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump