# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pauline-kael
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:54:16.283Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/pauline-kael"
name: "Pauline Kael"
slug: "pauline-kael"
description: "Pauline Kael was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991. Known for her \"witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused\" reviews, Kael often defied the consensus of her contemporaries."
tagline: "American film critic (1919-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pauline_Kael_(1968).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1919-06-19"
deathDate: "2001-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump