# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ketty-lester
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:56:35.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ketty-lester"
name: "Ketty Lester"
slug: "ketty-lester"
description: "Ketty Lester is an American singer and actress known for her 1961 hit single \"Love Letters\", which reached the top 5 of the charts in the US and the UK. She is also known for her role as Hester-Sue Terhune on the American television series Little House on the Prairie. In 2022, she was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American actress, recording artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ketty_Lester_1958.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: "1934-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.34418533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504480/"
    handle:    "nm0504480"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيتى ليستير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketty_Lester"
    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketty_Lester"
    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketty_Lester"
    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "کیتی لستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketty_Lester"
    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketty_Lester"
    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketty_Lester"
    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketty_Lester"
    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketty_Lester"
    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketty_Lester"
    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketty_Lester"
    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketty_Lester"
    title: "Ketty Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/75a67f04-d582-44b3-980c-e77bfd2f6dfb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q775599"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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