# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jane-murfin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:04:47.511Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jane-murfin"
name: "Jane Murfin"
slug: "jane-murfin"
description: "Jane Murfin, née Macklem was an American playwright, director and screenwriter. The author of several successful plays, she wrote some of them with actress Jane Cowl—most notably Smilin' Through (1919), which was adapted three times for motion pictures. In Hollywood Murfin became a popular screenwriter whose credits include What Price Hollywood? (1932), for which she received an Academy Award nomination. In the 1920s she lived with Laurence Trimble, writing and producing films for their dog Strongheart, the first major canine star."
tagline: "American writer (1884-1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jane_Murfin_-_Oct_1921_EH.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1884-10-27"
deathDate: "1955-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.31
  momentum:             1.101449275362319
  historical:           10.96090933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613848/"
    handle:    "nm0613848"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جین مرفین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%91%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Мёрфин, Джейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Джейн Мерфін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چان مورفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جین مورفین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Murfin"
    title: "Jane Murfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Murfin"
    title: "Jane Murfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جین مورفین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Murfin"
    title: "Jane Murfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Murfin"
    title: "Jane Murfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Murfin"
    title: "Jane Murfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Murfin"
    title: "Jane Murfin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436164"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88873"
    title: "Jane Murfin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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