# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elisabeth-beresford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:26:24.346Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elisabeth-beresford"
name: "Elisabeth Beresford"
slug: "elisabeth-beresford"
description: "Elisabeth Beresford MBE, also known as Liza Beresford, was an English author of children's books. She is best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a literary family, she worked as a journalist, but struggled for success until she created the Wombles in the late 1960s. Their recycling theme was noted especially and the Wombles became popular with children across the world. While Beresford wrote many other works, the Wombles remained her best-known."
tagline: "English author of children's books, creator of The Wombles (1926–2010)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1926-08-06"
deathDate: "2010-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.34
  momentum:             19.96485061511424
  historical:           8.194641333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1010694/"
    handle:    "nm1010694"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1506071"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "اليزابيث بيريسفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Beresford"
    title: "Elisabeth Beresford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Beresford"
    title: "Elisabeth Beresford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "الیزابت بریسفرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Beresford"
    title: "Elisabeth Beresford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Beresford"
    title: "Elisabeth Beresford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Beresford"
    title: "Elisabeth Beresford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Beresford"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fa4ec8fc-8d91-4ec4-93e6-556d5238e083"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3425696"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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