# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wendy-benchley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:36:39.057Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wendy-benchley"
name: "Wendy Benchley"
slug: "wendy-benchley"
description: "Winifred \"Wendy\" Benchley is a marine and environmental conservation advocate and former councilwoman from New Jersey. She is known for co-founding various environmental organizations and for being the wife of author Peter Benchley."
tagline: "American ocean conservationist and environmental activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WendyBenchley_Wiki_Only_Photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1941-02-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.4
  momentum:             3.224043715846994
  historical:           2.217424
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  71
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2400254/"
    handle:    "nm2400254"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Benchley"
    title: "Wendy Benchley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73690750"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2375343"
    title: "Wendy Benchley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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