# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marilyn-knowlden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:23:43.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marilyn-knowlden"
name: "Marilyn Knowlden"
slug: "marilyn-knowlden"
description: "Marilyn Knowlden was an American child actress. She started appearing in Hollywood films in 1931 when she was four years old. She established herself as a freelancer who worked frequently at different major film studios throughout the decade, being cast in films such as Imitation of Life, Les Misérables, and Angels with Dirty Faces. She worked with such film stars as Katharine Hepburn, Irene Dunne, James Cagney, and Claudette Colbert. In total, six of the films in which she appeared were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, all within the span of seven years."
tagline: "American child actress (1926–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marilyn_Knowlden.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: "1926-05-12"
deathDate: "2025-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.36
  momentum:             13.6
  historical:           12.88594266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461490/"
    handle:    "nm0461490"
sources:
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    title: "مارلن نالڈن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marilyn Knowlden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماريلين كنولدين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marilyn Knowlden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Knowlden"
    title: "Marilyn Knowlden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Knowlden"
    title: "Marilyn Knowlden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "مرلین نولدن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Knowlden"
    title: "Marilyn Knowlden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Knowlden"
    title: "Marilyn Knowlden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%A4%EB%A6%B4%EB%A6%B0_%EB%86%80%EB%93%A0"
    title: "매릴린 놀든"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Knowlden"
    title: "Marilyn Knowlden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Ноулден, Мэрилин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Knowlden"
    title: "Marilyn Knowlden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Knowlden"
    title: "Marilyn Knowlden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3847971"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121220"
    title: "Marilyn Knowlden"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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