# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-bernie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:05:08.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-bernie"
name: "Ben Bernie"
slug: "ben-bernie"
description: "Benjamin Anzelevitz, known professionally as Ben Bernie, was an American jazz violinist, bandleader, and radio personality, often introduced as \"The Old Maestro\". He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue, being part of the first generation of \"stars\" of American popular music, alongside other artists such as Paul Whiteman, Ted Lewis, and Al Jolson."
tagline: "American jazz violinist, bandleader, radio personality (1891–1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Bernie_c_1932_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1891-05-30"
deathDate: "1943-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.59
  momentum:             8.076923076923077
  historical:           12.96659733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076851/"
    handle:    "nm0076851"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بين بيرنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ben Bernie"
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    title: "بن برنی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernie"
    title: "Ben Bernie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernie"
    title: "Ben Bernie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernie"
    title: "Ben Bernie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "بن برنی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernie"
    title: "Ben Bernie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A4_%EB%B2%84%EB%8B%88"
    title: "벤 버니"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernie"
    title: "Ben Bernie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernie"
    title: "Ben Bernie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernie"
    title: "Ben Bernie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "بین برنی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816444"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1266142"
    title: "Ben Bernie"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump