# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-yankovic
# Generated: 2026-09-02T03:37:53.279Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-yankovic"
name: "Mary Yankovic"
slug: "mary-yankovic"
description: "Alfred Matthew \"Weird Al\" Yankovic is an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing comedy songs that often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians. He also performs original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, as well as polka medleys of popular songs, most of which feature his trademark accordion. Since having one of his comedy songs aired on The Dr. Demento Radio Show in 1976 at age 16, Yankovic has sold more than 12 million albums, recorded more than 150 parodies and original songs, and performed more than 2,000 live shows."
tagline: "Mother of \"Weird Al\" Yankovic"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Richmond_2025_%28portrait%29.jpg/330px-Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Richmond_2025_%28portrait%29.jpg"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1923-02-07"
deathDate: "2004-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           23.07
  momentum:             25
  historical:           1.533657333333333
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  34
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Yankovic"
    title: "Mary Yankovic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17378023"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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