# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donna-jean-godchaux
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:25:47.120Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donna-jean-godchaux"
name: "Donna Jean Godchaux"
slug: "donna-jean-godchaux"
description: "Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay was an American singer best known as a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead from 1972 to 1979. In addition to the Dead, she performed with the Jerry Garcia Band and the short-lived Heart of Gold Band, all alongside her first husband, Keith Godchaux. She formed the Donna Jean Godchaux Band in 2006."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donna-Godchaux.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: "1947-08-22"
deathDate: "2025-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.65
  momentum:             0.1609878086902157
  historical:           11.90070266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323750/"
    handle:    "nm0323750"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دونا جان جودشو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Donna Jean Godchaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Godchaux"
    title: "Donna Godchaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Jean_Godchaux"
    title: "Donna Jean Godchaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Jean_Godchaux"
    title: "Donna Jean Godchaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Jean_Godchaux"
    title: "Donna Jean Godchaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Jean_Godchaux"
    title: "Donna Jean Godchaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Jean_Godchaux"
    title: "Donna Jean Godchaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Jean_Godchaux"
    title: "Donna Jean Godchaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Godchaux"
    title: "Donna Godchaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Jean_Godchaux"
    title: "Donna Jean Godchaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Jean_Godchaux"
    title: "Donna Jean Godchaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7a878eab-1b8a-4ff4-9a53-babb10e60971"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443690"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/126294"
    title: "Donna Godchaux"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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