# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clarence-muse
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:03:23.573Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clarence-muse"
name: "Clarence Muse"
slug: "clarence-muse"
description: "Clarence Muse  was an American actor, screenwriter, director, singer, and composer. He was the first African American to appear in a starring role in a major studio film, 1929's Hearts in Dixie. He acted for 50 years, and appeared in more than 150 films. He was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1973."
tagline: "American actor and director (1889–1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Invisible_Ghost_(1941)_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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: "1889-10-14"
deathDate: "1979-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.46
  momentum:             2.203125
  historical:           10.61768133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615617/"
    handle:    "nm0615617"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/675262"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Muse"
    title: "Clarence Muse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Muse"
    title: "Clarence Muse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "كلارينس موس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Muse"
    title: "Clarence Muse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Muse"
    title: "Clarence Muse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Muse"
    title: "Clarence Muse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Muse"
    title: "Clarence Muse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "کلارنس میوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Muse"
    title: "Clarence Muse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%B4%EB%9D%BC%EB%A0%8C%EC%8A%A4_%EB%AE%A4%EC%A6%88"
    title: "클라렌스 뮤즈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%DA%A9"
    title: "کلیرنس میوزک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4a641611-1b96-4e6c-b2df-5437f8b3957c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2975569"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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