# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-alter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:52:44.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-alter"
name: "Louis Alter"
slug: "louis-alter"
description: "Louis Alter was an American pianist, songwriter and composer. At 13, he began playing piano in theaters showing silent films. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Stuart Mason."
tagline: "American pianist, songwriter and composer (1902-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Alter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1902-06-18"
deathDate: "1980-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.52
  momentum:             1.554621848739496
  historical:           7.476566666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0022746/"
    handle:    "nm0022746"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/643488"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "لويس ألتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "لويس التر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Alter"
    title: "Louis Alter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Alter"
    title: "Louis Alter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Alter"
    title: "Louis Alter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Alter"
    title: "Louis Alter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/493ed796-94db-403f-a7f1-86ffc831c030"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2773125"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3731398"
    title: "Louis Alter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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