# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/muriel-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:22:44.474Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/muriel-smith"
name: "Muriel Smith"
slug: "muriel-smith"
description: "Muriel Burrell Smith was an American singer. In the 1940s and 1950s, she was a star of musical theater and opera, and was also the off-film ghost singer in several hit movies. She is perhaps best known in the UK for her 1953 number 3 hit single \"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me\", which was first covered in 1965 by Mel Carter and later in 1994 by Gloria Estefan."
tagline: "American opera singer (1923-1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Muriel_Smith_Schiphol_1960.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: "1923-02-23"
deathDate: "1985-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.815336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809421/"
    handle:    "nm0809421"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1092248"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "موريل سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "موريل سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Smith_(singer)"
    title: "Muriel Smith (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Smith"
    title: "Muriel Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Smith"
    title: "Muriel Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0e40900a-2adb-4175-9f38-2a09e94a5080"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6938674"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1080220"
    title: "Muriel Smith"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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