# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bess-myerson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:26:16.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bess-myerson"
name: "Bess Myerson"
slug: "bess-myerson"
description: "Bess Myerson was an American politician, model, and television actress who in 1945 became the first Miss America who was Jewish. Her achievement, in the aftermath of the Holocaust, was seen as an affirmation of the Jewish place in American life. She was a heroine to parts of the Jewish community, where \"she was the most famous pretty girl since Queen Esther\"."
tagline: "American model, city commissioner, TV show celebrity; first Jewish-American and first Miss New York elected Miss America (1924-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bess_Myerson_1963_CBS_publicity.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: "1924-07-16"
deathDate: "2014-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.49616666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616898/"
    handle:    "nm0616898"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1593499"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Myerson"
    title: "Bess Myerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيس مايرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيس مايرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B3_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بزس میرزون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Myerson"
    title: "Bess Myerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Myerson"
    title: "Bess Myerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Myerson"
    title: "Bess Myerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Myerson"
    title: "Bess Myerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Myerson"
    title: "Bess Myerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "בס מאירסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Myerson"
    title: "Bess Myerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Майерсон, Бесс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Myerson"
    title: "Bess Myerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3638982"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1221917"
    title: "Bess Myerson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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