# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-l-balderston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:25:54.341Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-l-balderston"
name: "John L. Balderston"
slug: "john-l-balderston"
description: "John L. Balderston was an American playwright and screenwriter best remembered for his horror and fantasy scripts. He wrote the 1926 play Berkeley Square and the 1927 American adaptation of the 1924 play Dracula."
tagline: "American writer (1889-1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_L._Balderston_(1889%E2%80%931954).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1889-10-22"
deathDate: "1954-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0049721/"
    handle:    "nm0049721"
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    title: "John L. Balderston"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump