# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viola-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:14:07.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viola-smith"
name: "Viola Smith"
slug: "viola-smith"
description: "Viola Clara Smith was an American drummer best known for her work in orchestras, swing bands, and popular music from the 1920s until 1975. She was one of the first professional female drummers, and was the world's longest-lived female drummer, dying in October 2020 at the age of 107. She played five times on The Ed Sullivan Show, as well as in two films and the Broadway musical Cabaret."
tagline: "American musician (1912-2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/Viola_Smith.jpg/330px-Viola_Smith.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1912-11-29"
deathDate: "2020-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.233048
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810274/"
    handle:    "nm0810274"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Viola Smith"
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    title: "Viola Smith"
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    title: "Viola Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Smith"
    title: "Viola Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Smith"
    title: "Viola Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Smith"
    title: "Viola Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Վիոլա Սմիթ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Smith"
    title: "Viola Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Viola Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Смит, Виола"
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    title: "Віола Сміт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump