# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helen-creighton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:52:45.506Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helen-creighton"
name: "Helen Creighton"
slug: "helen-creighton"
description: "Mary Helen Creighton, CM was a prominent Canadian folklorist. She collected over 4,000 traditional songs, stories, and beliefs in a career that spanned several decades, and she published many books and articles on Nova Scotia folk songs and folklore. She received numerous honorary degrees for her work and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1976."
tagline: "Canadian folklorist (1899–1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helen_Creighton%2C_200202005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1899-09-05"
deathDate: "1989-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.607956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15761237/"
    handle:    "nm15761237"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%BA%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هيلين كريغتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Kreyton"
    title: "Helen Kreyton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Creighton"
    title: "Helen Creighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Creighton"
    title: "Helen Creighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "హెలెన్ క్రైటన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15487857"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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