# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvin-epstein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:27.624Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvin-epstein"
name: "Alvin Epstein"
slug: "alvin-epstein"
description: "Alvin Epstein was an American actor and director. He was a founding member of both the American Repertory Theater and Yale Repertory Theatre. He was particularly admired for his performances in the plays of Samuel Beckett. He also served as Artistic Director at the Guthrie Theater."
tagline: "American actor (1925-2018)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ulT5IYEjCYC8HJkUIrXlUz6h7e4.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1925-05-14"
deathDate: "2018-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.2
  momentum:             2.782462057335582
  historical:           8.627288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258423/"
    handle:    "nm0258423"
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    title: "الڤين اپستين"
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    title: "ئاڵڤین ئێپشتاین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Epstein"
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    title: "ایلون ایپسٹین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump