# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-beth-peil
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:47:58.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-beth-peil"
name: "Mary Beth Peil"
slug: "mary-beth-peil"
description: "Mary Beth Peil is an American actress and soprano. She began her career as an opera singer in 1962 with the Goldovsky Opera Theater. In 1964 she won two major singing competitions, the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; the latter of which earned her a contract with the Metropolitan Opera National Company with whom she performed in two seasons of national tours as a leading soprano from 1965 to 1967. She continued to perform in operas through the 1970s, notably creating the role of Alma in the world premiere of Lee Hoiby's Summer and Smoke at the Minnesota Opera in 1971. She later recorded that role for American television in 1982. With that same opera company she transitioned into musical theatre, performing the title role of Cole Porter's  Kiss Me, Kate in 1983. Later that year she joined the national tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I as Anna Leonowens opposite Yul Brynner, and continued with that production when it opened on Broadway on January 7, 1985. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her portrayal."
tagline: "American singer and actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary_Beth_Peil_2011_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-06-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.06132648926111
  historical:           18.45477733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670526/"
    handle:    "nm0670526"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump