# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valerie-wellington
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:03:36.813Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valerie-wellington"
name: "Valerie Wellington"
slug: "valerie-wellington"
description: "Valerie Wellington was an American singer who, in her short career, switched from singing opera to singing Chicago blues and electric blues. On her 1984 album, Million Dollar Secret, she worked with Sunnyland Slim, Billy Branch, and Magic Slim. She also worked with Lee \"Shot\" Williams."
tagline: "American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and actress (1959-1993)"
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: "1959-11-14"
deathDate: "1993-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.006192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920025/"
    handle:    "nm0920025"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/673719"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فاليري ويلينغتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ڤاليرى ويلينجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Wellington"
    title: "Valerie Wellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Wellington"
    title: "Valerie Wellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Wellington"
    title: "Valerie Wellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Веллингтон, Валери"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b1f6e7ba-c4bb-47d1-973b-c865e56102eb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3553714"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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