# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/betsy-arakawa
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:45:31.223Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/betsy-arakawa"
name: "Betsy Arakawa"
slug: "betsy-arakawa"
description: "Betsy Machiko Arakawa Hackman was an American classical pianist and businesswoman. Born in Hawaii, she performed with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra at the age of eleven and later worked for the television game show Card Sharks as a production assistant. She met Gene Hackman in the 1980s, marrying him in 1991 and assisting with his novels. In 2001, she co-founded a linens and home furnishings store in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she and Hackman lived; the couple were also business partners in a local Asian restaurant."
tagline: "American pianist (1959–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Betsy_Arakawa%2C_1971.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1959-12-15"
deathDate: "2025-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.46
  momentum:             19.55769610454439
  historical:           9.054449333333332
  currentAttention:     46.28230949983217
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14204808/"
    handle:    "nm14204808"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Arakawa"
    title: "Betsy Arakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Arakawa"
    title: "Betsy Arakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%96_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Бетсі Аракава"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Arakawa"
    title: "Betsy Arakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Arakawa"
    title: "Betsy Arakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Arakawa"
    title: "Betsy Arakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Arakawa"
    title: "Betsy Arakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Arakawa"
    title: "Betsy Arakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B8_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Бетси Аракава"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23799024"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6192031"
    title: "Betsy Arakawa"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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