# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marjorie-finlay
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:41:38.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marjorie-finlay"
name: "Marjorie Finlay"
slug: "marjorie-finlay"
description: "Marjorie Moehlenkamp Finlay was an American opera singer and television personality. A coloratura soprano, Finlay performed concert and opera singing. After winning a talent contest in 1950, she toured on the ABC radio network show Music With the Girls. Finlay later had her own television program and served as an MC for El Show Pan-Americano in Puerto Rico. She toured South America and released an album in Mexico. She is the maternal grandmother of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who dedicated her song \"Marjorie\" to her. Her vocals are also featured in the background of the song."
tagline: "American opera singer and TV personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marjorie_Moehlenkamp.png?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: "1928-10-05"
deathDate: "2003-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.92
  momentum:             19.42159531946939
  historical:           12.22958933333333
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm18078933/"
    handle:    "nm18078933"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5ae6d9e2-5069-4a75-a80f-a0a2b0c37917"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Finlay"
    title: "Marjorie Finlay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Finlay"
    title: "Marjorie Finlay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Finlay"
    title: "Marjorie Finlay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "مارجوری فینلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Finlay"
    title: "Marjorie Finlay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%99"
    title: "מרג'ורי פינלי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Finlay"
    title: "Marjorie Finlay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Finlay"
    title: "Marjorie Finlay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Финли, Марджори"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%96"
    title: "Марджорі Фінлі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%91%AA%E8%A3%98%E7%91%9E%C2%B7%E8%8A%AC%E5%88%A9"
    title: "瑪裘瑞·芬利"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104126119"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5896034"
    title: "Marjorie Finlay"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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