# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-meehan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:20:55.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-meehan"
name: "Thomas Meehan"
slug: "thomas-meehan"
description: "Thomas Edward Meehan was an American writer. He wrote the books for the musicals Annie, The Producers, Hairspray, Young Frankenstein and Cry-Baby. He co-wrote the books for Elf: The Musical and Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin."
tagline: "American writer (1929-2017)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jZCnJbNwgFfdpKRKtfAryAEhfNx.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-08-14"
deathDate: "2017-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.95
  momentum:             2.219653179190751
  historical:           9.542770666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576070/"
    handle:    "nm0576070"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "توماس ميهان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تۆماس میھان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_(writer)"
    title: "Thomas Meehan (writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Meehan"
    title: "Thomas Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_(forgat%C3%B3k%C3%B6nyv%C3%ADr%C3%B3)"
    title: "Thomas Meehan (forgatókönyvíró)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Meehan"
    title: "Thomas Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Meehan"
    title: "Thomas Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_(pisac)"
    title: "Thomas Meehan (pisac)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Meehan"
    title: "Thomas Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1645870-9829-4a14-a0af-f248024e00b0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7792371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14640"
    title: "Thomas Meehan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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