# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nell-rankin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:22:02.250Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nell-rankin"
name: "Nell Rankin"
slug: "nell-rankin"
description: "Nell Rankin was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Though a successful opera singer internationally, she spent most of her career at the Metropolitan Opera, where she worked from 1951 to 1976. She was particularly admired for her portrayals of Amneris in Verdi's Aida and the title role in Bizet's Carmen. Opera News said, \"Her full, generous tone and bold phrasing, especially in the Italian repertory, were unique among American mezzos of her generation."
tagline: "Singer (1924-2005)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Nell_Rankin.jpg"
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: "1924-01-03"
deathDate: "2005-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.81
  momentum:             3.214285714285713
  historical:           8.538445333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1813492/"
    handle:    "nm1813492"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/838168"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "نيل رانكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "نيل رانكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Rankin"
    title: "Nell Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Rankin"
    title: "Nell Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Rankin"
    title: "Nell Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Rankin"
    title: "Nell Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Рэнкин, Нелл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Rankin"
    title: "Nell Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a30c0e9a-97ea-473d-aaf7-2a4b7dcca167"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273040"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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