# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/judith-jamison
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:48:44.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/judith-jamison"
name: "Judith Jamison"
slug: "judith-jamison"
description: "Judith Ann Jamison was an American dancer and choreographer. She danced with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 1965 to 1980 and was Ailey's muse. She later returned to be the company's artistic director from 1989 until 2011, and then its artistic director emerita. She received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, and the Handel Medallion, New York City's highest cultural honor, in 2010."
tagline: "American dancer and choreographer (1943–2024)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-05-10"
deathDate: "2024-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump