# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boris-thomashefsky
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:14:57.119Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boris-thomashefsky"
name: "Boris Thomashefsky"
slug: "boris-thomashefsky"
description: "Boris Thomashefsky, born Boruch-Aharon Thomashefsky, was a Ukrainian-born Jewish singer and actor who became one of the biggest stars in Yiddish theater."
tagline: "Ukrainian-born American actor and singer (1868–1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boris_Thomashefsky.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1868-05-12"
deathDate: "1939-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.025524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859690/"
    handle:    "nm0859690"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2065687"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Thomashefsky"
    title: "Boris Thomashefsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99"
    title: "בוריס טומשבסקי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Pinhasovi%C4%8D_Toma%C5%A1evskij"
    title: "Boris Pinhasovič Tomaševskij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Томашевский, Борис Пинхасович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Борис Томашевський"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c282b309-f295-442a-83ca-ffea72b4094a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2895056"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3701100"
    title: "Boris Thomashefsky"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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