# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-hamilton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:30:00.749Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-hamilton"
name: "Barbara Hamilton"
slug: "barbara-hamilton"
description: "Barbara Hamilton was a Canadian actress. She was known for her comedic roles and was dubbed 'The Funniest Woman in Canada.' Outside of Canada, her live theatre career took her to London, New York and Bermuda. Hamilton is known for roles in films and television series such as Road to Avonlea. Her theatre performances have included the Spring Thaw revue. She is also known for originating the role of Marilla Cuthbert in both the Canadian and West End productions of Anne of Green Gables."
tagline: "Canadian actress (1926-1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/Photo_of_Barbara_Hamilton_%28actress%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1926-12-11"
deathDate: "1996-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.17
  momentum:             7.95933903542161
  historical:           6.368037333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0357743/"
    handle:    "nm0357743"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%84%D9%B9%D9%86_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%81)"
    title: "باربرا ہیملٹن (اداکارہ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "باربرا هاملتون (ممثلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "باربرا هاملتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Hamilton_(actress)"
    title: "Barbara Hamilton (actress)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "باربارا همیلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Hamilton"
    title: "Barbara Hamilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%EB%B0%94%EB%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EB%B0%80%ED%84%B4"
    title: "바바라 해밀턴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2883952"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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