# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jayne-houdyshell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:44:27.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jayne-houdyshell"
name: "Jayne Houdyshell"
slug: "jayne-houdyshell"
description: "Jayne Houdyshell is an American actress. Known for being a prolific character actor in theatre, film, and television, Houdyshell has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, two Obie Awards, and a Drama Desk Award."
tagline: "American actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jayne_Houdyshell_at_Gimme_A_Break_Gala_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1953-09-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.34
  momentum:             5.835558109566814
  historical:           7.792846666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1159251/"
    handle:    "nm1159251"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/26ce7f7c-0649-488b-a7c9-ab408d0152d8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "چين هوديشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Houdyshell"
    title: "Jayne Houdyshell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Houdyshell"
    title: "Jayne Houdyshell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Houdyshell"
    title: "Jayne Houdyshell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Houdyshell"
    title: "Jayne Houdyshell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Houdyshell"
    title: "Jayne Houdyshell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%DB%81%D9%88%DA%88%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "جین ہوڈی شیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6167882"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232500"
    title: "Jayne Houdyshell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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