# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-kirkwood-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:01:58.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-kirkwood-jr"
name: "James Kirkwood, Jr."
slug: "james-kirkwood-jr"
description: "James Kirkwood Jr. was an American playwright, author and actor. In 1976 he received the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the Broadway hit A Chorus Line."
tagline: "American playwright, author and actor (1924-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Kirkwood_Sr-Lila_Lee-James_Kirkwood_Jr1924.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-08-22"
deathDate: "1989-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             11.62627879306126
  historical:           12.71577066666667
  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/nm0456788/"
    handle:    "nm0456788"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Kirkwood Jr."
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Kirkwood"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "James Kirkwood Jr."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump