# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-bentley
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:21:32.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-bentley"
name: "Eric Bentley"
slug: "eric-bentley"
description: "Eric Russell Bentley was a British-born American theater critic, playwright, singer, editor, and translator. In 1998, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. He was also a member of the New York Theater Hall of Fame, recognizing his many years of cabaret performances."
tagline: "American playwright (1916–2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c0/Eric_Bentley_1976.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-09-14"
deathDate: "2020-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.699981971055348
  historical:           12.09435066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1005949/"
    handle:    "nm1005949"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bentley"
    title: "Eric Bentley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bentley"
    title: "Eric Bentley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bentley"
    title: "Eric Bentley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bentley"
    title: "Eric Bentley"
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    title: "エリック・ベントリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump