# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dana-andrews
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:00:19.389Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dana-andrews"
name: "Dana Andrews"
slug: "dana-andrews"
description: "Carver Dana Andrews was an American film actor who became a major star in what is now known as film noir and later in Western films. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and character parts into the 1980s. He is best known for his portrayal of obsessed police detective Mark McPherson in the noir mystery Laura (1944) and his critically acclaimed performance as World War II veteran Fred Derry returning home in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)."
tagline: "American actor (1909–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dana_Andrews_by_L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Willinger%2C_Modern_Screen%2C_August_1945_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
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: "1909-01-01"
deathDate: "1992-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           61.31
  momentum:             6.904580417157508
  historical:           25.55644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump