# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-mccarey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:52:19.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-mccarey"
name: "Leo McCarey"
slug: "leo-mccarey"
description: "Thomas Leo McCarey was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was involved in nearly 200 films, including the critically acclaimed Duck Soup, Make Way for Tomorrow, The Awful Truth, Going My Way, The Bells of St. Mary's, My Son John, and An Affair to Remember."
tagline: "American film director, screenwriter and producer (1898-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leo_McCarey_1930s_portrait_photo.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: "1898-10-03"
deathDate: "1969-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.320276497695851
  historical:           22.60523066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Լեո ՄակՔերի"
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    title: "Leo McCarey"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump