# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ethel-shutta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:44:51.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ethel-shutta"
name: "Ethel Shutta"
slug: "ethel-shutta"
description: "Ethel Shutta was an American actress and singer, who came to prominence through her performances on Jack Benny's radio show, her role in the early Eddie Cantor musical Whoopee!, and her Broadway comeback in Follies at the age of 74. In a 1934 vote held by Radio Stars, she came in second place, behind Annette Hanshaw, as the best \"female popular singer.\""
tagline: "American actress and singer (1896-1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ethel_Shutta_-_Radio_Mirror%2C_June_1936.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: "1896-12-01"
deathDate: "1976-02-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.881066666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796023/"
    handle:    "nm0796023"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3284909"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Shutta"
    title: "Ethel Shutta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "اثيل شوتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "اثل شوتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Shutta"
    title: "Ethel Shutta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Shutta"
    title: "Ethel Shutta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "اثل شوتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Shutta"
    title: "Ethel Shutta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Shutta"
    title: "Ethel Shutta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Shutta"
    title: "Ethel Shutta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%A7"
    title: "ایتھل شوٹا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5403214"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/246914"
    title: "Ethel Shutta"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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