# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-dennis
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:15:03.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-dennis"
name: "Patrick Dennis"
slug: "patrick-dennis"
description: "Edward Everett Tanner III, known by the pseudonym Patrick Dennis, was an American author. His novel  Auntie Mame: An irreverent escapade (1955) was one of the bestselling American books of the 20th century. In chronological vignettes, the narrator — also named Patrick — recalls his adventures growing up under the wing of his madcap aunt, Mame Dennis. Tanner wrote a sequel, titled Around the World with Auntie Mame, in 1958. He based the character of Mame Dennis on his father's sister, Marion Tanner. Tanner also wrote several novels under the pseudonym Virginia Rowans."
tagline: "Novelist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Patrick_Dennis_photo.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-05-18"
deathDate: "1976-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.722106666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219532/"
    handle:    "nm0219532"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_Dennis"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "باتريك دنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "باتريك دنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dennis"
    title: "Patrick Dennis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dennis"
    title: "Patrick Dennis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dennis"
    title: "Patrick Dennis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dennis"
    title: "Patrick Dennis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dennis"
    title: "Patrick Dennis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q222708"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/134768"
    title: "Dennis Patrick"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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