# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/may-irwin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:57:50.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/may-irwin"
name: "May Irwin"
slug: "may-irwin"
description: "May Irwin was an actress, singer and star of vaudeville. Originally from Canada, she and her sister Flo Irwin found theater work after their father died. She was known for her performances as a coon shouter and for her recordings."
tagline: "Actress and singer (1862-1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/May_Irwin%2C_stage_actress_(SAYRE_4867).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1862-06-27"
deathDate: "1938-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.35
  momentum:             11.08415495360262
  historical:           14.238124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410425/"
    handle:    "nm0410425"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ماي إروين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ماى جين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Irwin"
    title: "May Irwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Irwin"
    title: "May Irwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Irwin"
    title: "May Irwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "می ایروین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Irwin"
    title: "May Irwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Irwin"
    title: "May Irwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3"
    title: "メイ・アーウィン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%87_%E0%B4%87%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "മേ ഇർവിൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Irwin"
    title: "May Irwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Irwin"
    title: "May Irwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Irwin"
    title: "May Irwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Irwin"
    title: "May Irwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A6%DB%92_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مئے ارون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/30658d0a-3974-44c3-9a99-f9ed266a2568"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273716"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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