# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-pointer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:59:41.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-pointer"
name: "Ruth Pointer"
slug: "ruth-pointer"
description: "Ruth Esther Pointer is an American singer best known as the eldest member of the family vocal group the Pointer Sisters. Pointer joined her sisters in 1972 to make the group a quartet."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth_Pointer_Komen_Pink_Tie_Ball_2006.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: "1946-03-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.88
  momentum:             5.272306981044846
  historical:           9.794612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688469/"
    handle:    "nm0688469"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7jcOQuZ1IIj5jLGEp0Fw99"
    handle:    "7jcOQuZ1IIj5jLGEp0Fw99"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/314634"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "روث پوينتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Pointer"
    title: "Ruth Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Pointer"
    title: "Ruth Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Pointer"
    title: "Ruth Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Pointer"
    title: "Ruth Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Pointer"
    title: "Ruth Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Pointer"
    title: "Ruth Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Pointer"
    title: "Ruth Pointer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/af88104b-3b68-4e4a-8fde-d99ecd2dc0db"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3453634"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238842"
    title: "Ruth Pointer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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