# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thelma-furness-viscountess-furness
# Generated: 2026-09-01T09:39:19.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thelma-furness-viscountess-furness"
name: "Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness"
slug: "thelma-furness-viscountess-furness"
description: "Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness, was a mistress of Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales. She was supplanted in his affections by Wallis Simpson, for whose sake Edward abdicated, becoming the Duke of Windsor. She was the maternal aunt of the writer, fashion designer, and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt."
tagline: "Mistress of King Edward VIII (1904-1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thelma_morgan_furness_1955.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1904-08-23"
deathDate: "1970-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.74
  momentum:             4.549450549450548
  historical:           9.811104
  currentAttention:     25.27472527472527
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176596/"
    handle:    "nm0176596"
sources:
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    title: "تھیلما فرنس، ویسکاؤنٹیس فرنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ثيلما فورنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "تلما فرنیس، وایکاونتس فرنیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Furness%2C_Viscountess_Furness"
    title: "Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Furness%2C_Viscountess_Furness"
    title: "Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Furness%2C_vizcondesa_Furness"
    title: "Thelma Furness, vizcondesa Furness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_(%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3)"
    title: "تلما فرنس (ویکنتس فرنس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Furness"
    title: "Thelma Furness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Furness"
    title: "Thelma Furness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9"
    title: "テルマ・ファーネス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Furness"
    title: "Thelma Furness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q534445"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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