# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melinda-ledbetter
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:35:21.375Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melinda-ledbetter"
name: "Melinda Ledbetter"
slug: "melinda-ledbetter"
description: "Melinda Kae Ledbetter was an American talent manager who was the second wife and longtime manager of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Before her marriage, she worked as a model and car saleswoman. Ledbetter was credited with helping to initiate Wilson's court-ordered separation from his former psychologist, Eugene Landy, and leading Wilson to proper medical care. Her account of her early relationship with Wilson was dramatized for the 2014 biopic Love & Mercy, in which Ledbetter is portrayed by Elizabeth Banks."
tagline: "American talent manager (1946–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melinda_Ledbetter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Models"
  slug: "models"
profileType:
  name: "Model"
  slug: "model"
birthDate: "1946-10-03"
deathDate: "2024-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.08
  momentum:             25
  historical:           5.085728
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7369716/"
    handle:    "nm7369716"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ميليندا ليدبيتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Ledbetter"
    title: "Melinda Ledbetter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Ledbetter"
    title: "Melinda Ledbetter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ae93ea1b-2454-4d7c-bba6-51458ec0e762"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20858051"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3826207"
    title: "Melinda Wilson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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