# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irene-ryan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:02:32.754Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irene-ryan"
name: "Irene Ryan"
slug: "irene-ryan"
description: "Irene Ryan was an American actress and comedienne who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television, and Broadway. She is most widely known for her portrayal of Daisy May \"Granny\" Moses, mother-in-law of Buddy Ebsen's character Jed Clampett on the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971). She was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1963 and 1964 for the role."
tagline: "Actress (1902–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irene_Ryan_1968.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: "1902-10-17"
deathDate: "1973-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.35
  momentum:             0.1704881802754648
  historical:           16.46108933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0752576/"
    handle:    "nm0752576"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Irene Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايرين ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ryan"
    title: "Irene Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آیرین رایان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ryan"
    title: "Irene Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ryan"
    title: "Irene Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ryan"
    title: "Irene Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آیرین رایان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ryan"
    title: "Irene Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ryan"
    title: "Irene Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EB%A6%B0_%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B8"
    title: "아이린 라이언"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ryan"
    title: "Irene Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Айрин Райан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ryan"
    title: "Irene Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%A6%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آئرین ریان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ryan"
    title: "Irene Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%A6%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آئرین ریان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977559"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116660"
    title: "Irene Ryan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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