# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-selwyn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:33:56.808Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-selwyn"
name: "Edgar Selwyn"
slug: "edgar-selwyn"
description: "Edgar Selwyn was an American actor, playwright, director and producer on Broadway. A prominent figure in American theatre and film in the first half of the 20th century, he founded a theatrical production company with his brother, Archibald Selwyn, and owned a number of Selwyn Theatres in the United States. He transferred his talents from the stage to motion pictures, and directed a film for which Helen Hayes received the Academy Award for Best Actress. Selwyn co-founded Goldwyn Pictures in 1916."
tagline: "American actor, director, and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EdgarSelwyn_NYPL.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1875-10-20"
deathDate: "1944-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.99
  momentum:             0.2071005917159764
  historical:           6.358173333333334
  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/nm0783629/"
    handle:    "nm0783629"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%DA%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "ایڈگر سیلوین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ادجار سيلوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Selwyn"
    title: "Edgar Selwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Selwyn"
    title: "Edgar Selwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "ادگار سلوین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Selwyn"
    title: "Edgar Selwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Selwyn"
    title: "Edgar Selwyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047497"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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