# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-christensen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:48:52.842Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-christensen"
name: "Benjamin Christensen"
slug: "benjamin-christensen"
description: "Benjamin Christensen ; was a Danish film director, screenwriter and an actor, both in film and on the stage. As a director, he was best known for his 1922 film Häxan. His most memorable and acclaimed acting performance was in the film Michael (1924), where he played Claude Zoret, the male lover of the film's title character in a landmark gay film."
tagline: "Danish actor (1879-1959)"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1879-09-28"
deathDate: "1959-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump