# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jane-barnell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:13:46.346Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jane-barnell"
name: "Jane Barnell"
slug: "jane-barnell"
description: "Martha Jane Barnhill, professionally known as Jane Barnell, was an American bearded lady, sideshow performer, and actress. Born with hirsutism, she spent more than five decades performing with circuses, dime museums, and carnivals under stage names including Princess Olga, Madame Olga, Lady Olga, and Lady Olga Roderick. She is best known for her appearance as the Bearded Lady, billed as Olga Roderick, in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. Barnell's life, which included being sold to a circus as a child, touring in Europe, and working in a variety of entertainment professions, was later documented by writer Joseph Mitchell, whose 1940 profile remains one of the few detailed contemporary accounts of her life."
tagline: "American bearded lady (1871–1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jane_Barnell_ca._1915.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: "1871-01-03"
deathDate: "1951-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.28
  momentum:             1.653780068728522
  historical:           9.964334666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734610/"
    handle:    "nm0734610"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Джейн Барнелл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "چان بارنيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2"
    title: "মাৰ্থা জেন বাৰ্নহিল"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Barnell"
    title: "Jane Barnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Barnell"
    title: "Jane Barnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Barnell"
    title: "Jane Barnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Barnell"
    title: "Jane Barnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Barnell"
    title: "Jane Barnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Barnell"
    title: "Jane Barnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%9C"
    title: "ג'יין בארנל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Барнелл, Джейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Barnell"
    title: "Jane Barnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598914"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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