# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-heyward
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:24:44.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothy-heyward"
name: "Dorothy Heyward"
slug: "dorothy-heyward"
description: "Dorothy Heyward was an American playwright."
tagline: "American playwright, lyricist (1890–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Porgy-DuBose-Dorothy-Heyward.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1890-06-06"
deathDate: "1961-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.46
  momentum:             3.120887245841035
  historical:           8.554213333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382378/"
    handle:    "nm0382378"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دوروثي هيوارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Heyward"
    title: "Dorothy Heyward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Heyward"
    title: "Dorothy Heyward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Heyward"
    title: "Dorothy Heyward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Heyward"
    title: "Dorothy Heyward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Heyward"
    title: "Dorothy Heyward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Heyward"
    title: "Dorothy Heyward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf23ae35-d26d-4180-b7da-7fc9841b2cd9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1250307"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20149"
    title: "Dorothy Heyward"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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