# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ira-levin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:33:16.515Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ira-levin"
name: "Ira Levin"
slug: "ira-levin"
description: "Ira Marvin Levin was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), This Perfect Day (1970), The Boys from Brazil (1976), and Sliver (1991). Levin also wrote the play Deathtrap (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted into films. He received the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award and several Edgar Awards. In 1996 he was given the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement."
tagline: "American novelist, playwright (1929–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_photograph_of_Ira_Levin_by_Inge_Morath%2C_c._1967.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-08-27"
deathDate: "2007-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.350264
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0505615"
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    url:       "http://www.iralevin.org"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump