# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-yost
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:13:57.319Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothy-yost"
name: "Dorothy Yost"
slug: "dorothy-yost"
description: "Dorothy Yost, later married as Dorothy Yost Cummings, was a prominent screenwriter whose career lasted from the silent era well into the sound era. Over her lifetime, she worked on more than 90 films, including her own screenplays. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and died in Monrovia, California."
tagline: "Screenwriter (1899-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dorothy_yost.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1899-04-25"
deathDate: "1967-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.4
  momentum:             1.067961165048544
  historical:           7.404104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949130/"
    handle:    "nm0949130"
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Yost"
    title: "Dorothy Yost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "دوروثي يوست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Yost"
    title: "Dorothy Yost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Yost"
    title: "Dorothy Yost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Yost"
    title: "Dorothy Yost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "دوروتی یوست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Yost"
    title: "Dorothy Yost"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1250361"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/196125"
    title: "Dorothy Yost"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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