# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theresa-merritt
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:52:17.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theresa-merritt"
name: "Theresa Merritt"
slug: "theresa-merritt"
description: "Theresa Merritt Hines, known professionally as Theresa Merritt, was an American actress. She is known for her role in That's My Mama (1974–1975) and for her film roles in The Wiz (1978) and Billy Madison (1995)."
tagline: "American actress (1922–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theresa_Merritt.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: "1924-09-24"
deathDate: "1998-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.613114666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581449/"
    handle:    "nm0581449"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6eef09e7-07f8-4b01-be5a-e7d4a78576c4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/909727"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Merritt"
    title: "Theresa Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Merritt"
    title: "Theresa Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Merritt"
    title: "Theresa Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Merritt"
    title: "Theresa Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%85%8C%EB%A0%88%EC%82%AC_%EB%A9%94%EB%A6%BF"
    title: "테레사 메릿"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%B9"
    title: "تھریسا میرٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3523800"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77226"
    title: "Theresa Merritt"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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