# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/catherine-basie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:22:44.981Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/catherine-basie"
name: "Catherine Basie"
slug: "catherine-basie"
description: "Catherine Basie (1914–1983) was a dancer who performed with the Whitman Sisters and starred as a featured dancer in musical short films called soundies. She married the jazz composer and bandleader Count Basie and was an advocate for civil rights and for children with disabilities."
tagline: "American burlesque performer, community organizer, and activist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1914-04-11"
deathDate: "1983-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.08
  momentum:             5.731617647058822
  historical:           1.539345333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  49
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 229
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Basie"
    title: "Catherine Basie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124360951"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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