# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/burr-tillstrom
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:40:41.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/burr-tillstrom"
name: "Burr Tillstrom"
slug: "burr-tillstrom"
description: "Franklin Burr Tillstrom was a puppeteer and the creator of Kukla, Fran and Ollie."
tagline: "American puppeteer (1917–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tillstrom_allison_bankhead_kukla_show.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1917-10-13"
deathDate: "1985-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.422536
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863454/"
    handle:    "nm0863454"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1888043"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "بور تيلستروم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_Tillstrom"
    title: "Burr Tillstrom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_Tillstrom"
    title: "Burr Tillstrom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_Tillstrom"
    title: "Burr Tillstrom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_Tillstrom"
    title: "Burr Tillstrom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/01caa67b-6b11-4a1d-af92-0f19a21863d3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5000345"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238046"
    title: "Burr Tillstrom"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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