# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-margaret-mcbride
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:21:20.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-margaret-mcbride"
name: "Mary Margaret McBride"
slug: "mary-margaret-mcbride"
description: "Mary Margaret McBride was an American radio interview host and writer. Her popular radio shows spanned more than 40 years. In the 1940s, the daily audience for her housewife-oriented program numbered from six to eight million listeners. She was called \"the First Lady of Radio\"."
tagline: "American writer and radio host (1899-1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eleanor_Roosevelt_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1899-11-16"
deathDate: "1976-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.79
  momentum:             2.169491525423729
  historical:           5.679590666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1683304/"
    handle:    "nm1683304"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Margaret_McBride"
    title: "Mary Margaret McBride"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "ماري مارغريت ماكبرايد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "مارى مارجريت ماكبرايد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Margaret_McBride"
    title: "Mary Margaret McBride"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Margaret_McBride"
    title: "Mary Margaret McBride"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Margaret_McBride"
    title: "Mary Margaret McBride"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1757500"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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