# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mickey-katz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:38:59.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mickey-katz"
name: "Mickey Katz"
slug: "mickey-katz"
description: "Meyer Myron \"Mickey\" Katz was an American musician and comedian. He was the father of actor Joel Grey and paternal grandfather of actress Jennifer Grey."
tagline: "American musician and comedian (1909-1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mickey_Katz_circa_1950.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: "1909-06-15"
deathDate: "1985-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.99
  momentum:             2.486926205694364
  historical:           5.021394666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441807/"
    handle:    "nm0441807"
sources:
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "میکی کاتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Katz"
    title: "Mickey Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ميكى كاتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/868459"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Katz"
    title: "Mickey Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/96b7fb30-4379-49e9-a5ed-205c1b6dabd2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6838676"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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