# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marpessa-dawn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:46:10.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marpessa-dawn"
name: "Marpessa Dawn"
slug: "marpessa-dawn"
description: "Marpessa Dawn, also known as Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor, was an American-French actress, as well as a singer and dancer. She is best remembered for her role in the film Black Orpheus (1959) by Marcel Camus."
tagline: "French actress, singer, and dancer (1934-2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marpessa_Dawn_BW.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1934-01-03"
deathDate: "2008-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.02
  momentum:             8.294171410850208
  historical:           15.992852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206026/"
    handle:    "nm0206026"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marpessa Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marpessa_Dawn"
    title: "Marpessa Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marpessa_Dawn"
    title: "Marpessa Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marpessa Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marpessa Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marpessa_Dawn"
    title: "Marpessa Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marpessa_Dawn"
    title: "Marpessa Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marpessa Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EB%A5%B4%ED%8E%98%EC%82%AC_%EB%8F%88"
    title: "마르페사 돈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marpessa Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marpessa_Dawn"
    title: "Marpessa Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Марпеса Даун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مارپیسا ڈان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marpessa Dawn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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