# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-kirsten
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:35:09.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothy-kirsten"
name: "Dorothy Kirsten"
slug: "dorothy-kirsten"
description: "Dorothy Kirsten was an American operatic soprano who was the first singer in the Metropolitan Opera's history to perform on that stage for 30 consecutive years, and the first opera star to appear on the cover of Life magazine. In addition, she was the founder of the John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation, named in honor of her husband, John \"Jack\" Douglas French, MD, who died from Alzheimer's disease in 1989."
tagline: "American operatic soprano (1910-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dorothy_Kirsten-Bing_Crosby_in_Mr._Music_trailer.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: "1910-07-06"
deathDate: "1992-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.53
  momentum:             10
  historical:           10.09690666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457025/"
    handle:    "nm0457025"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "دوروثي كريستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "دوروثى كريستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Kirsten"
    title: "Dorothy Kirsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Kirsten"
    title: "Dorothy Kirsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Kirsten"
    title: "Dorothy Kirsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Kirsten"
    title: "Dorothy Kirsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Kirsten"
    title: "Dorothy Kirsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ドロシー・カーステン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Kirsten"
    title: "Dorothy Kirsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/276aa1df-ab1b-4335-b77e-98f2e409d347"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2007083"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Dorothy Kirsten"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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