# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jess-dandy
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:05:07.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jess-dandy"
name: "Jess Dandy"
slug: "jess-dandy"
description: "Jess Dandy was an American actor during the silent movie era in Hollywood. His real name was Jesse A. Danzig, and his parents were Abraham Danzig, an immigrant from Germany, and American-born Jennie Stern. His first stage appearance was at age 26 in the Vaudeville venue American Roof Garden. He then moved to a leading role at Keith's Union Square Theatre. In 1903 he opened in the play \"The Prince of Pilsen,\" a role that he played all over the country, emphasizing a German accent. He underwent a number of operations for vocal issues, and then appeared in two plays, \"Marcelle\" and \"Dick Whittington,\" before moving to Hollywood. While working at Keystone Studios in 1914, Dandy appeared in nine of Charlie Chaplin's comedy shorts. He was known for dialects, and sometimes played Jewish, Dutch, and German characters, emphasizing stereotypes. He died of sepsis following a carbuncle operation, and received a Masonic funeral."
tagline: "American actor (1871-1923)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jess_Dandy%2C_stage_comedian_(SAYRE_23696).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1871-11-09"
deathDate: "1923-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.27
  momentum:             3.472222222222222
  historical:           7.870158666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1065030/"
    handle:    "nm1065030"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%96"
    title: "Джесс Денді"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A"
    title: "جيس داندي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "جيس داندى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Dandy"
    title: "Jess Dandy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "جس دندی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Dandy"
    title: "Jess Dandy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Dandy"
    title: "Jess Dandy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Джесс Денди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18221268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89607"
    title: "Jess Dandy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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