# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maurice-schwartz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:56:35.758Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maurice-schwartz"
name: "Maurice Schwartz"
slug: "maurice-schwartz"
description: "Maurice Schwartz, born Avram Moishe Schwartz, born in the Volhynia province of the Russian Empire, was a stage and film actor active in the United States. He founded the Yiddish Art Theatre and its associated school in 1918 in New York City and was its theatrical producer and director. He also worked in Hollywood, mostly as an actor in silent films but also as a film director, producer, and screenwriter."
tagline: "American actor and director (1890–1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maurice-schwartz.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: "1890-06-18"
deathDate: "1960-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.548813333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777363/"
    handle:    "nm0777363"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%B9%D8%B2"
    title: "موریس شوارٹز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Schwartz"
    title: "Maurice Schwartz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ماوريس ستشوارتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Schwartz"
    title: "Maurice Schwartz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Schwartz"
    title: "Maurice Schwartz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "موریس شوارتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Schwartz"
    title: "Maurice Schwartz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A5"
    title: "מוריס שוורץ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Schwartz"
    title: "Maurice Schwartz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3301406"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1053958"
    title: "Maurice Schwartz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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