# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helen-martin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:09:31.288Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helen-martin"
name: "Helen Martin"
slug: "helen-martin"
description: "Helen Dorothy Martin was an American actress of stage and television. Martin's career spanned over 60 years, appearing first on stage and later in film and television. Martin is best known for her roles as Wanda Williams on the CBS sitcom Good Times (1974–1979) and as Pearl Shay on the NBC sitcom 227 (1985–1990)."
tagline: "American actress (1909-2000)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Helen_Martin.jpg"
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: "1909-07-23"
deathDate: "2000-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.66
  momentum:             4.386317907444669
  historical:           8.586701333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552385/"
    handle:    "nm0552385"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/775d8f07-b8d0-4664-9a76-20eed52f15df"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Martin"
    title: "Helen Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "هيلين مارتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "هيلين مارتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Martin"
    title: "Helen Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Martin"
    title: "Helen Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Martin"
    title: "Helen Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Мартин, Хелен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Martin"
    title: "Helen Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4282539"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/111872"
    title: "Helen Martin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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