# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kanan-devi
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:11:53.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kanan-devi"
name: "Kanan Devi"
slug: "kanan-devi"
description: "Kanan Devi was an Indian actress and singer. She was among the early singing stars of Indian cinema, and is credited popularly as the first star of Bengali cinema. Her singing style, usually in rapid tempo, was used instrumentally in some of the biggest hits of New Theatres, Kolkata."
tagline: "Indian actress (1916–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kanan_Devi_(1930s).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1916-04-22"
deathDate: "1992-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.74
  momentum:             10.20971985760718
  historical:           18.79464133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222454/"
    handle:    "nm0222454"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kanandevi.com"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كانان ديفي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كانان ديفى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kanan Devi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kanan Devi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Կանան Դևի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಕಾನನ್ ದೇವಿ"
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    title: "കാനൻ ദേവി"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "कानन देवी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کانن دیوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ᱠᱟᱱᱚᱱ ᱫᱮᱵᱤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کانن دیوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "కనన్ దేవి"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کانن دیوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3351688"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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