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Ketty Lester

American actress, recording artist
Person human Q775599
Ketty Lester
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Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[11]
Date of birth
August 16, 1934
Place of birth
Hope
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
actor, singer, television actor, recording artist, musician
Award received
Theatre World Award[10]
Genre
traditional pop, soul, jazz[12][13][14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Birth name
Revoyda Frierson[22]
Discography
Ketty Lester discography[16]
Family name
Lester[17]
Given name
Ketty[18]
Instrument
voice[20]
Native language
English[9]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[24]
P14750
EC54-37A0-7A5C-1DA9-7782[26]
Pseudonym
Ketty Lester[19]
Record label
Era Records[15]
Start of work period
1957[23]
Writing language
English[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ketty Lester fa کیتی لستر fr Ketty Lester, ja ケティ・レスター ru Кетти Лестер
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000031562912
VIAF cluster ID
116149196597174792696
Library of Congress authority ID
n93119721
GND ID
134443764
American Film Institute person ID
93984
BIBSYS ID
3029956
Billboard artist ID
ketty-lester
CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas ID
ketty-lester-8144
DBC author ID
87097991361205
Deezer artist ID
196005
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134443764
Deutsche Synchronkartei actor ID
22872
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Deutsche Synchronkartei person ID
5KrPnNuBb
Discogs artist ID
283192
Europeana entity
agent/base/90259
FAST ID
1514858
Film.ru person ID
ketti-lester
Filmweb.pl person ID
109903
Freebase ID
/m/01phn98
Genius artist ID
Ketty-lester
Genius artist numeric ID
389968
Grammy Awards artist ID
ketty-lester/11829
IMDb ID
nm0504480
Internet Broadway Database person ID
113530, 381269
Kinobaza person ID
ketty-lester
Kinobox person ID
880257
MusicBrainz artist ID
75a67f04-d582-44b3-980c-e77bfd2f6dfb
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
40988
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000083696
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100101300
Pitchfork artist ID
24794-ketty-lester
Rate Your Music artist ID
ketty-lester
Rock's Backpages artist ID
ketty-lester
TMDB person ID
84331
WikiTree person ID
Frierson-428
Yale LUX ID
person/e08d60f7-f160-405a-91fa-cbc121529e02
Yandex Music artist ID
191163
ČSFD person ID
586299

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
actor, singer, television actor, recording artist
Genre 3
jazz, soul, traditional pop
Award received 1
Theatre World Award
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Hope
Sex or gender 1
female
Writing language 1
English
← Cast member 1
Blacula
← Performer 1
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Summary

Ketty Lester was born on August 16, 1934[1], in Hope[2]. She has worked as an actor[3], singer[4], television actor[5], recording artist[6], and musician[7].

FAQs

Where was Ketty Lester born?

Ketty Lester's place of birth was Hope[2].

What did Ketty Lester do for work?

Ketty Lester worked as an actor[3], singer[4], television actor[5], recording artist[6], and musician[7].

What awards did Ketty Lester receive?

Honors received include Theatre World Award[10].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Deutsche Synchronkartei. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . theatreworldawards.org. theatreworldawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'mzn',
    Deezer artist ID → 196005
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kinobaza person ID → ketty-lester
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  3. 7w ago · TapuriaBot · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → EC54-37A0-7A5C-1DA9-7782
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  4. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → —
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    Instance of → human
    Award received → Theatre World Award
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