# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/schlitzie
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:41:26.440Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/schlitzie"
name: "Schlitzie"
slug: "schlitzie"
description: "Schlitzie, possibly born Simon Metz and legally Schlitze Surtees, was an American sideshow performer. He also appeared in a few films, and is best known for his role in the 1932 movie Freaks. His lifelong career on the outdoor entertainment circuit as a major sideshow attraction with Barnum & Bailey, among others, made him a popular cultural icon."
tagline: "American sideshow performer (1901-1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schlitzie_1938.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: "1901-09-10"
deathDate: "1971-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.342124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772396/"
    handle:    "nm0772396"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D1%86%D1%96"
    title: "Шлітці"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%89"
    title: "ستشليتزى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlitzie"
    title: "Schlitzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B2%DB%8C"
    title: "شلیتزی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlitzie"
    title: "Schlitzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlitzie"
    title: "Schlitzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlitzie"
    title: "Schlitzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlitzie"
    title: "Schlitzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%99"
    title: "שליצי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%BF%D6%81%D5%AB"
    title: "Շլիտցի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlitzie"
    title: "Schlitzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlitzie"
    title: "Schlitzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%86%D0%B8"
    title: "Шлитци"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358065"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1516"
    title: "Schlitzie"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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