# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marjorie-lawrence
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:48:54.278Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marjorie-lawrence"
name: "Marjorie Lawrence"
slug: "marjorie-lawrence"
description: "Marjorie Florence Lawrence CBE was an Australian dramatic soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She was the first Metropolitan Opera soprano to perform the immolation scene in Götterdämmerung by riding her horse into the flames as Wagner had intended. She was afflicted by polio from 1941. Lawrence later served on the faculty of the School of Music at Southern Illinois University Carbondale."
tagline: "Australian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arrivals_by_%22Monterey%22%3B_Marjorie_Lawrence%2C_12_June_1939_Sam_Hood.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1909-02-17"
deathDate: "1979-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.28992266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492916/"
    handle:    "nm0492916"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مارجوري لورنس"
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    title: "مارجورى لورانس"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Lawrence"
    title: "Marjorie Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Lawrence"
    title: "Marjorie Lawrence"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Lawrence"
    title: "Marjorie Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Lawrence"
    title: "Marjorie Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB_%D4%BC%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD"
    title: "Մարջորի Լոուրենս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marjorie Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Lawrence"
    title: "Marjorie Lawrence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Lawrence"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump