# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/betty-degeneres
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:26:05.642Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/betty-degeneres"
name: "Betty DeGeneres"
slug: "betty-degeneres"
description: "Betty Jane DeGeneres is an American LGBT rights activist and former actress. Through her marriage to her first husband Elliott DeGeneres, she is the mother of Ellen and Vance DeGeneres, and the mother-in-law of retired actress Portia de Rossi. She was the first straight spokeswoman for the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming Out Project and an active member of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). She gained notability following her lesbian daughter Ellen's highly publicized coming out in 1997."
tagline: "American activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Betty_DeGeneres_LA_Pride_2011_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1930-05-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.23
  momentum:             0.6371928046617685
  historical:           4.702292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "بيتى ديجينيريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_DeGeneres"
    title: "Betty DeGeneres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_DeGeneres"
    title: "Betty DeGeneres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_DeGeneres"
    title: "Betty DeGeneres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_DeGeneres"
    title: "Betty DeGeneres"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q656219"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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