# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-klein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:50:02.701Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-klein"
name: "Charles Klein"
slug: "charles-klein"
description: "Charles Klein was an English-born playwright and actor who emigrated to America in 1883. After moving to New York City in 1883, Klein began acting. He began writing by 1890, soon working for producer Charles Frohman. Among his works was the libretto of John Philip Sousa's operetta, El Capitan (1896). He wrote melodrama and dramatic plays in the first 15 years of the 20th century."
tagline: "British-American playwright and actor (1867–1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Klein.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1867-01-07"
deathDate: "1915-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.140605333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0458691/"
    handle:    "nm0458691"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/df3cfc8a-3869-4350-a09d-bc9e5d30cd2b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تشارلز كلاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تشارلز كلاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Klein_(B%C3%BChnenautor)"
    title: "Charles Klein (Bühnenautor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Klein_(playwright)"
    title: "Charles Klein (playwright)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Klein"
    title: "Charles Klein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376398"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1129894"
    title: "Charles Klein"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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