# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helen-forrest
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:20:25.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helen-forrest"
name: "Helen Forrest"
slug: "helen-forrest"
description: "Helen Forrest was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music. She served as the \"girl singer\" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era, thereby earning a reputation as \"the voice of the name bands.\""
tagline: "American singer (1917-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helen_Forrest_1945.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: "1917-04-12"
deathDate: "1999-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.54694666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286645/"
    handle:    "nm0286645"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5SguMzNsojVk03s64Ggzad"
    handle:    "5SguMzNsojVk03s64Ggzad"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هيلين فورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيلين فورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "هلن فارست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Forrest"
    title: "Helen Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Forrest"
    title: "Helen Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Forrest"
    title: "Helen Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "هلن فارست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Forrest"
    title: "Helen Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Forrest"
    title: "Helen Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Forrest"
    title: "Helen Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Forrest"
    title: "Helen Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Forrest"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a54404a-3d64-435c-a594-1ce7b5520903"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q444180"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Helen Forrest"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump