# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esther-rantzen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:36:28.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esther-rantzen"
name: "Esther Rantzen"
slug: "esther-rantzen"
description: "Dame Esther Louise Rantzen is an English journalist and television presenter who presented the BBC television series That's Life! for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994. She works with various charitable causes and founded the charities Childline, a helpline for children, which she set up in 1986, and The Silver Line, designed to combat loneliness in older people's lives, which she set up in November 2012."
tagline: "English television presenter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Estherrantzennightingale.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1940-06-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.783190777240611
  historical:           10.32815066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/erantzen"
    handle:    "erantzen"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710497/"
    handle:    "nm0710497"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%86"
    title: "استير لويز رانتزن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايستر رانتزين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Rantzen"
    title: "Esther Rantzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Rantzen"
    title: "Esther Rantzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Rantzen"
    title: "Esther Rantzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Rantzen"
    title: "Esther Rantzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Ранцен, Эстер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Rantzen"
    title: "Esther Rantzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Esther_Rantzen"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3e8f11bb-4b0e-46f1-a7b9-b4e12e2d27ee"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2513293"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Esther Rantzen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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