# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ann-ayars
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:18:43.931Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ann-ayars"
name: "Ann Ayars"
slug: "ann-ayars"
description: "Ann Ayars was an American soprano and actress. Early in her career she acted in several TV series and non musical films. Later, she sang with the New York City Opera (NYCO), and became known worldwide when she sang and acted the part of Antonia in the 1951 British film The Tales of Hoffmann. From 1968 to 1987 she taught voice and piano and staged 19 full-length opera productions at Mt. San Jacinto College in California, where she was made a professor emerita."
tagline: "Actor; The Youngest Profession (1918-1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ann_Ayars_in_Fiesta_(1941).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1918-07-23"
deathDate: "1995-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.67
  momentum:             3.903508771929825
  historical:           8.344745333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043672/"
    handle:    "nm0043672"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1590861"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Ayars"
    title: "Ann Ayars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "ان ايارس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Ayars"
    title: "Ann Ayars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Ayars"
    title: "Ann Ayars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Ayars"
    title: "Ann Ayars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Ayars"
    title: "Ann Ayars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Ayars"
    title: "Ann Ayars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3fd21936-f477-4896-95ab-647432a47cc6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21551337"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138145"
    title: "Ann Ayars"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump