# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/menahem-gnessin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:27:47.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/menahem-gnessin"
name: "Menahem Gnessin"
slug: "menahem-gnessin"
description: "Menahem Natanovich Gnessin was an early Russian Jewish actor and Hebrew language instructor who created the Amateur Dramatic Arts Company in 1907 for presentation of plays in Hebrew. In 1917, at Moscow he also helped start Habimah, the world's first professional Hebrew theater. He is best known as an actor in the 1933 drama, Oded the Wanderer. Gnessin wrote articles about his time in the theater, and published memoirs titled Darki im ha-Te'atron ha-Ivri, 1905–26."
tagline: "Jewish actor (1882–1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%9D_%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9F_1912_%D7%90%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%9D_%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9F_.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1882-07-25"
deathDate: "1951-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.23
  momentum:             3.46576711644178
  historical:           5.471814666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323494/"
    handle:    "nm0323494"
sources:
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%9D_%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "מנחם גנסין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميناهيم جنيسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Menahem Gnessin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Гнесин, Менахем Натанович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%93%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Менахем Гнессін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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