# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-blyden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:58:26.494Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-blyden"
name: "Larry Blyden"
slug: "larry-blyden"
description: "Ivan Lawrence Blieden, known professionally as Larry Blyden, was an American actor, stage producer, and director, and game show host. He made his Broadway stage debut in 1948 and went on to appear in numerous productions on and off Broadway. In 1972, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in the revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which he also produced. That same year, he became the host of the syndicated revival version of What's My Line?."
tagline: "American game show host (1925-1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry_Blyden_1962.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1925-06-23"
deathDate: "1975-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.008157306885584
  historical:           9.993314666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089980/"
    handle:    "nm0089980"
sources:
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    title: "Larry Blyden"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Blyden"
    title: "Larry Blyden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "래리 블라이든"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump