# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rupert-holmes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:38:38.281Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rupert-holmes"
name: "Rupert Holmes"
slug: "rupert-holmes"
description: "Rupert Holmes is a British-born American dramatist and author, and formerly a composer, singer-songwriter and music producer. He is widely known for the hit singles \"Escape \" (1979) and \"Him\" (1980). He is also known for his musicals The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which earned him two Tony Awards, and Curtains, his television series Remember WENN, and his novel Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide."
tagline: "British-American composer and singer-songwriter and playwright"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rupert_Holmes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.87
  momentum:             0.8073131780384384
  historical:           18.63983333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392035/"
    handle:    "nm0392035"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0TqIPD4IS1w4e30R38B3vj"
    handle:    "0TqIPD4IS1w4e30R38B3vj"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.rupertholmes.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت هولمز (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rupert Holmes"
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    title: "Rupert Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rupert Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Holmes"
    title: "Rupert Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rupert Holmes"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "루퍼트 홈스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rupert Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Holmes"
    title: "Rupert Holmes"
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    title: "Rupert Holmes"
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    title: "Руперт Холмс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rupert Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rupert Holmes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump