# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tilly-bebe
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:25:37.763Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tilly-bebe"
name: "Tilly Bébé"
slug: "tilly-bebe"
description: "Mathilde Rupp, known by the stage name Tilly Bébé, was an Austrian circus performer. She was noted for her performances with large predators and is considered a pioneer in the performance aspects of lion taming. In addition to live acts, she participated in making silent films. Rupp was born in Vienna and initially trained to be a typist. Against her father's wishes, she left a position in a law firm to work with snakes in the Vienna Vivarium. She began performing with hyenas around 1897 and her father accepted her career choice, becoming her manager two years later. Bébé made appearances in many European capitals throughout her career with both lions and polar bears. She also toured South America in the 1920s. Performing into her 50s, she died in Vienna in 1932."
tagline: "Austrian actress (1879-1932)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tilly_B%C3%A9b%C3%A9_(1905).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1879-03-27"
deathDate: "1932-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.23
  momentum:             5.401785714285714
  historical:           5.472606666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1928687/"
    handle:    "nm1928687"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_B%C3%A9b%C3%A9"
    title: "Tilly Bébé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A8"
    title: "تيلى بيب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_B%C3%A9b%C3%A9"
    title: "Tilly Bébé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_B%C3%A9b%C3%A9"
    title: "Tilly Bébé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_B%C3%A9b%C3%A9"
    title: "Tilly Bébé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_B%C3%A9b%C3%A9"
    title: "Tilly Bébé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2433574"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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