# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aurora-mardiganian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:17:03.971Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aurora-mardiganian"
name: "Aurora Mardiganian"
slug: "aurora-mardiganian"
description: "Aurora Mardiganian was an Armenian-American author, actress, and a survivor of the Armenian genocide. Arriving in America as a teenager, she co-wrote a 1918 book about her experience, Ravished Armenia, and played the title role in a 1919 silent movie based on the book, titled Auction of Souls or Ravished Armenia. Most of the film is now lost. An animated documentary about her life, titled Aurora's Sunrise, was released in 2022."
tagline: "American actress (1901-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aurora_Mardiganian_2013_Armenian_stamp.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1901-01-12"
deathDate: "1994-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.62
  momentum:             25
  historical:           18.21841733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546295/"
    handle:    "nm0546295"
sources:
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    title: "Ավրորա Մարտիկանյան"
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    title: "ავრორა მარდიგანიანი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Mardiganian"
    title: "Aurora Mardiganian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Mardiganian"
    title: "Aurora Mardiganian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мардиганян, Аврора"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Aurora Mardiganian"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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