# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-cole
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:58:39.133Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-cole"
name: "Maria Cole"
slug: "maria-cole"
description: "Maria Cole was an American jazz singer and the wife of singer Nat King Cole; mother of the singer Natalie Cole."
tagline: "American jazz singer; wife of Nat King Cole (1922–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nat_and_Maria_Cole_1951.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1922-08-01"
deathDate: "2012-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.69
  momentum:             1.135032020711268
  historical:           12.36085866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1579739/"
    handle:    "nm1579739"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/34NQiAWq8MoVYqbJYPDveC"
    handle:    "34NQiAWq8MoVYqbJYPDveC"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/322313"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "ماريا كول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "ماريا كول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "ماریا کول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Hawkins_Ellington"
    title: "Maria Hawkins Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Ellington"
    title: "Marie Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Cole"
    title: "Maria Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Ellington"
    title: "Marie Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Cole"
    title: "Maria Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "ماریا کول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Cole"
    title: "Maria Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Cole"
    title: "Maria Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Ellington"
    title: "Marie Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aa7817ce-4fa5-472b-abbf-d5c5183d12f6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q431124"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1871558"
    title: "Maria Cole"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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