# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grace-bumbry
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:36:35.981Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grace-bumbry"
name: "Grace Bumbry"
slug: "grace-bumbry"
description: "Grace Melzia Bumbry was an American opera singer, considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, who also ventured to soprano roles. A pioneer among African-American classical singers, she gained international acclaim as Venus in Tannhäuser at the 1961 Bayreuth Festival, the first black singer to appear there."
tagline: "American opera singer (1937–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grace_Bumbry_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1937-01-04"
deathDate: "2023-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.24
  momentum:             15
  historical:           17.36480266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "grace_bumbry"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120292/"
    handle:    "nm0120292"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://gracebumbry.com/"
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    title: "Grace Bumbry"
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    title: "Grace Bumbry"
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    title: "Grace Bumbry"
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    title: "Grace Bumbry"
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    title: "Grace Bumbry"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump