# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-gilman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:28:00.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothy-gilman"
name: "Dorothy Gilman"
slug: "dorothy-gilman"
description: "Dorothy Edith Gilman was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series of spy novels, about spy and grandmother Emily Pollifax, who becomes a spy in her 60s. In 2010, Gilman was the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award recipient."
tagline: "American spy fiction writer (1923–2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Dorothy_Gilman.jpeg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1923-06-25"
deathDate: "2012-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.39
  momentum:             2.755102040816327
  historical:           9.649104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319431/"
    handle:    "nm0319431"
sources:
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    title: "డోరతీ గిల్మన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دوروثي جيلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دوروثى جيلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dorothy Gilman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gilman"
    title: "Dorothy Gilman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gilman"
    title: "Dorothy Gilman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gilman"
    title: "Dorothy Gilman"
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    title: "ドロシー・ギルマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dorothy Gilman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gilman"
    title: "Dorothy Gilman"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456494"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump