# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theo-lingen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:30:37.524Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theo-lingen"
name: "Theo Lingen"
slug: "theo-lingen"
description: "Theo Lingen, born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960."
tagline: "Actor, film director, screenwriter (1903–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theo-Lingen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1903-06-10"
deathDate: "1978-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.724489795918367
  historical:           20.29164133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump