# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melbourne-macdowell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:14:11.161Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melbourne-macdowell"
name: "Melbourne MacDowell"
slug: "melbourne-macdowell"
description: "Willet Melbourne MacDowell was an American stage and screen actor. He was the second husband of famed stage actress Fanny Davenport. He began on the legitimate stage in the 1870s and first appeared on the silent screen in 1917."
tagline: "American actor (1856-1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melbourne_MacDowell_LCCN2014635828_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1856-11-22"
deathDate: "1941-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.270590666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532047/"
    handle:    "nm0532047"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_MacDowell"
    title: "Melbourne MacDowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_MacDowell"
    title: "Melbourne MacDowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ميلبورن ماكدويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_MacDowell"
    title: "Melbourne MacDowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_MacDowell"
    title: "Melbourne MacDowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15996466"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/148845"
    title: "Melbourne MacDowell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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