# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bonnie-pointer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:32:04.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bonnie-pointer"
name: "Bonnie Pointer"
slug: "bonnie-pointer"
description: "Patricia Eva \"Bonnie\" Pointer was an American singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters. Pointer scored several moderate solo hits after leaving the Pointer Sisters in 1977, including a disco cover of the Elgins' \"Heaven Must Have Sent You\" which peaked at number 11 on September 1, 1979."
tagline: "American singer (1950-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bonnie_Pointer_1974.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: "1950-07-11"
deathDate: "2020-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.62
  momentum:             19.94982561036373
  historical:           13.69603333333333
  currentAttention:     8.440000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688460/"
    handle:    "nm0688460"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بونى پوينتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Pointer"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Pointer"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Pointer"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Pointer"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Pointer"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Pointer"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Pointer"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Pointer"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Pointer"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Pointer"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Pointer"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443721"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/128590"
    title: "Bonnie Pointer"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump