# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leona-helmsley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:50:24.653Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leona-helmsley"
name: "Leona Helmsley"
slug: "leona-helmsley"
description: "Leona Roberts Helmsley was an American businesswoman. After allegations of non-payment were made by contractors hired to improve Helmsley's Connecticut home, she was investigated and convicted of federal income tax evasion and other crimes in 1989. Although having initially received a sentence of 4 years, she was required to serve only 19 months in prison and two months under house arrest. During the trial, a former housekeeper testified that she had heard Helmsley say: \"We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes.\" This quote was identified with her for the rest of her life. Helmsley's flamboyant personality and reputation for tyrannical behavior, especially towards her employees, earned her the nickname Queen of Mean."
tagline: "American hotel owner (1920–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leona_Helmsley_cropped_mug.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1920-07-04"
deathDate: "2007-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.93
  momentum:             1.393034825870647
  historical:           14.467764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Leona Helmsley"
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    title: "Leona Helmsley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Helmsley"
    title: "Leona Helmsley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Helmsley"
    title: "Leona Helmsley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "レオナ・ヘルムズリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leona Helmsley"
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    title: "Leona Helmsley"
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    title: "Leona Helmsley"
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    title: "לענא העלמסלי"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump