# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/linda-purl
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:28:26.728Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/linda-purl"
name: "Linda Purl"
slug: "linda-purl"
description: "Linda Purl is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Ashley Pfister on Happy Days, Sheila Munroe in the 1982 horror film Visiting Hours, Pam Beesly's mother Helene in The Office, and Ben Matlock's daughter Charlene Matlock for the first season of the television series Matlock."
tagline: "American actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LindaPurl.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1955-09-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.70177733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700909/"
    handle:    "nm0700909"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2990404"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "ليندا برل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "ليندا برل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "لیندا پورل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Purl"
    title: "Linda Purl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Purl"
    title: "Linda Purl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Purl"
    title: "Linda Purl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "لیندا پورل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Purl"
    title: "Linda Purl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Purl"
    title: "Linda Purl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Purl"
    title: "Linda Purl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%B0%EB%8B%A4_%ED%8E%84"
    title: "린다 펄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Purl"
    title: "Linda Purl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Purl"
    title: "Linda Purl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Перл, Линда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Purl"
    title: "Linda Purl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Purl"
    title: "Linda Purl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%DA%88%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "لنڈا پورل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275619"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41223"
    title: "Linda Purl"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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