# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvah-bessie
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:23:44.912Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvah-bessie"
name: "Alvah Bessie"
slug: "alvah-bessie"
description: "Alvah Cecil Bessie was an American novelist, screenwriter and journalist. He was one of nearly 3,000 American volunteers who joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and fought in the Spanish Civil War. He is perhaps best known as a member of the \"Hollywood Ten\", the group of film artists blacklisted by the entertainment industry for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee."
tagline: "American politician (1904-1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alvah_Bessie%2C_Lincoln-Washington_activist_Apr_1938_Crop_Edit.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1904-06-04"
deathDate: "1985-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.61
  momentum:             0.07427413909520594
  historical:           17.32037866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078827/"
    handle:    "nm0078827"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ألفاه بيسي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الفاه بيسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Алва Беси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C"
    title: "آلوا بسی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC"
    title: "アルヴァ・ベッシー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A8%EB%B0%94_%EB%B2%A0%EC%8B%9C"
    title: "앨바 베시"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Бесси, Альва"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2840560"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117850"
    title: "Alvah Bessie"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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