# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maybelle-carter
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:30:10.233Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maybelle-carter"
name: "Maybelle Carter"
slug: "maybelle-carter"
description: "\"Mother\" Maybelle Carter was an American country musician and \"among the first\" to use the Carter scratch, with which she \"helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument.\" It was named after her. She was a member of the original Carter Family act from the late 1920s until the early 1940s and a member of the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle group."
tagline: "American country musician (1909–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maybelle_Carter_1960s_LOC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1909-05-10"
deathDate: "1978-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.69
  momentum:             1.692961165048544
  historical:           15.20239733333333
  currentAttention:     9.405339805825244
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1454130/"
    handle:    "nm1454130"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/628154"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "مايبيل كارتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "مايبيل كارتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "مایبیل کارتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "メイベル・カーター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/da24eb92-2dc3-420f-8989-eb98ad57e984"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442398"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1788331"
    title: "Mother Maybelle Carter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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