# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-saks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:01:21.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-saks"
name: "Gene Saks"
slug: "gene-saks"
description: "Gene Saks was an American director and actor. An inductee of the American Theater Hall of Fame, his acting career began with a Broadway debut in 1949. As a director, he was nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning three for his direction of I Love My Wife, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues. He also directed a number of films during his career. He was married to Bea Arthur from 1950 until 1978, and subsequently to Keren Saks from 1980 to his death in 2015."
tagline: "American stage and film director (1921–2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Publicity_Photo_of_Gene_Saks.jpg"
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: "1921-11-08"
deathDate: "2015-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.39858666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757256/"
    handle:    "nm0757256"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جین ساکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "جین ساکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ין סאקס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%84_%EC%83%89%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "진 색스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Saks"
    title: "Gene Saks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "جین ساکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1388109"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69300"
    title: "Gene Saks"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump