# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-donahue
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:18:18.659Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-donahue"
name: "Phil Donahue"
slug: "phil-donahue"
description: "Phillip John Donahue was an American media personality, writer, film producer, and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first popular talk show to feature a format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television that began in Dayton, Ohio, in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996."
tagline: "American media personality, writer and film producer (1935–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phil_Donahue_at_the_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1935-12-21"
deathDate: "2024-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.26
  momentum:             2.031227514750324
  historical:           24.003912
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/phil_donahue"
    handle:    "phil_donahue"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/phil.donahue.33"
    handle:    "phil.donahue.33"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004882/"
    handle:    "nm0004882"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "فيل دوناهو"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phil Donahue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phil Donahue"
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    title: "Ֆիլ Դոնահյու"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Донахью, Фил"
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    title: "Phil Donahue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Donahue"
    title: "Phil Donahue"
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    title: "Філ Донаг'ю"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فل ڈوناہو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1336253"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Phil Donahue"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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