# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/northern-calloway
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:08:59.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/northern-calloway"
name: "Northern Calloway"
slug: "northern-calloway"
description: "Northern James Calloway was an American actor and singer, best known for playing David on Sesame Street from 1971 to 1989. He was institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital and died less than eight months after his last appearance on the show."
tagline: "American actor (1948-1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Northern_J._Calloway%2C_New_York_Amsterdam_News_1977_12_10_pg36_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948-01-22"
deathDate: "1990-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             23.10876132930514
  historical:           12.14911733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0130590/"
    handle:    "nm0130590"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Northern Calloway"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump