# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joan-vollmer
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:39:38.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joan-vollmer"
name: "Joan Vollmer"
slug: "joan-vollmer"
description: "Joan Vollmer was an American woman who was an influential participant in the early Beat Generation circle. While a student at Barnard College, she became the roommate of Edie Parker. Their apartment became a gathering place for the Beats during the 1940s, where Vollmer was often at the center of marathon, all-night discussions. In 1946, she began a relationship with William S. Burroughs, later becoming his common-law wife. In 1951, Burroughs killed Vollmer. He claimed, and shortly thereafter denied, the killing was a drunken attempt at playing William Tell."
tagline: "Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Joan_Vollmer.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1923-02-04"
deathDate: "1951-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.32
  momentum:             0.9115107514071316
  historical:           10.23314666666667
  currentAttention:     4.695885509838997
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "چوان ڤولمير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joan Vollmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Vollmer"
    title: "Joan Vollmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Vollmer"
    title: "Joan Vollmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Vollmer"
    title: "Joan Vollmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Vollmer"
    title: "Joan Vollmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "جون ولمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Vollmer"
    title: "Joan Vollmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Vollmer"
    title: "Joan Vollmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Воллмер, Джоан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joan_Vollmer"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452819"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump