# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-leonard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:45:45.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-leonard"
name: "Eddie Leonard"
slug: "eddie-leonard"
description: "Eddie Leonard, born Lemuel Gordon Toney, was a vaudevillian and a man considered the greatest American minstrel of his day, at a time when minstrel shows were an acceptable and popular mainstream entertainment in the United States. He was called \"last of the great minstrels\" in his 1941 obituary in Time. He performed in vaudeville for 45 years before that medium faded in the 1920s, and was known for such songs as \"Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider\" and \"Roly Boly Eyes\". He published his memoir titled What a Life I'm Telling You in 1934."
tagline: "American actor and composer (1870-1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddie_Leonard_1929.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1870-10-17"
deathDate: "1941-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.99
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.736897333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502613/"
    handle:    "nm0502613"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/902496"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Leonard"
    title: "Eddie Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "إدي ليونارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ادى ليونارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Leonard"
    title: "Eddie Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%88"
    title: "ایڈی لیونارڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5336226"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1888672"
    title: "Eddie Leonard"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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