# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-tristan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:43:39.483Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothy-tristan"
name: "Dorothy Tristan"
slug: "dorothy-tristan"
description: "Dorothy Tristan was an American actress and screenwriter. She was best known for her roles in the films Klute, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, and Scarecrow. She co-wrote the films Steal the Sky and Weeds. She also wrote the films Suspended Animation, which is based on her novel, and A Piece of Eden. Tristan started her career as a model and was on the magazine covers of Vogue and Life. In 1957, she married her first husband, Aram Avakian. They divorced in 1972. A couple of years before that, she made her film debut in End of the Road, which was made by Avakian. In 1975, she married John D. Hancock and they would collaborate on films like Weeds."
tagline: "American actress and screenwriter (1934–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Dorothy_Tristan_non-free.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-05-09"
deathDate: "2023-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.178189333333334
  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/nm0873148/"
    handle:    "nm0873148"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Tristan"
    title: "Dorothy Tristan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Tristan"
    title: "Dorothy Tristan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Tristan"
    title: "Dorothy Tristan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Tristan"
    title: "Dorothy Tristan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Tristan"
    title: "Dorothy Tristan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C_%D9%B9%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%B9%D9%86"
    title: "ڈوروتھی ٹرسٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1250354"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6360"
    title: "Dorothy Tristan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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