# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-henson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:07:12.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-henson"
name: "Jim Henson"
slug: "jim-henson"
description: "James Maury Henson was an American puppeteer, creative producer, filmmaker and director who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986), as well as creating the Muppets for Sesame Street (1969–present)."
tagline: "American puppeteer (1936–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Henson%2C_creator%2C_The_Muppets.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1936-09-24"
deathDate: "1990-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           61.87
  momentum:             2.854410409802084
  historical:           27.538116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 250
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001345/"
    handle:    "nm0001345"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump