# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/selma-diamond
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:58:41.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/selma-diamond"
name: "Selma Diamond"
slug: "selma-diamond"
description: "Selma Diamond was a Canadian and American comedienne, actress, and radio and television writer, known for her high-range, raspy voice and her portrayal of Selma Hacker on the first two seasons of the NBC television comedy series Night Court. Diamond was also the main inspiration for the character of Sally Rogers on the series The Dick Van Dyke Show."
tagline: "Comedian, writer (1920–1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Selma_Diamond.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1920-08-05"
deathDate: "1985-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.459416000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224723/"
    handle:    "nm0224723"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%DA%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%85%D9%86%DA%88"
    title: "سیلما ڈائمنڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Diamond"
    title: "Selma Diamond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "سلمى دايموند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "سلمى دايموند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Diamond"
    title: "Selma Diamond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Diamond"
    title: "Selma Diamond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "سلما دیاموند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Diamond"
    title: "Selma Diamond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Diamond"
    title: "Selma Diamond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Diamond"
    title: "Selma Diamond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1519638"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127640"
    title: "Selma Diamond"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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