# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dona-drake
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:21:31.003Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dona-drake"
name: "Dona Drake"
slug: "dona-drake"
description: "Dona Drake was an American singer, dancer, and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She was typically cast in ethnic roles including Latin American and Middle Easterners. Drake often presented herself as Mexican and went by the names Una Novella and Rita Novella. As Rita Rio, she led a touring all-girl orchestra in the early 1940s, also known as \"Dona Drake and her Girl Band\", among other names for her musical and dance acts."
tagline: "Actress, singer, dancer (1914-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dona_Drake_Kansas_City_Confidential_1952.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1914-11-15"
deathDate: "1989-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.86990266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236888/"
    handle:    "nm0236888"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5866812"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%DA%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9"
    title: "ڈونا ڈریک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f80c1504-fa04-467b-bc14-92d72d53d61e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona_Drake"
    title: "Dona Drake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "دونا دراك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "دونا دراك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona_Drake"
    title: "Dona Drake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona_Drake"
    title: "Dona Drake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona_Drake"
    title: "Dona Drake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9"
    title: "دونا دریک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona_Drake"
    title: "Dona Drake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona_Drake"
    title: "Dona Drake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Дона Дрейк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Дона Дрейк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3035962"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87368"
    title: "Dona Drake"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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