{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/933073/pauline-kael",
  "name": "Pauline Kael",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/933073/pauline-kael",
  "knownForDepartment": "Acting",
  "description": "Pauline Kael was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991. Known for her \"witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused\" reviews, Kael's opinions often ran contrary to those of her contemporaries.",
  "birthDate": "1919-07-19",
  "deathDate": "2001-09-03",
  "birthPlace": "Petaluma, California, USA",
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/Asle2RVSbRbXJ2B3fdG5lq3ix6O.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434461"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "4 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 10536,
      "title": "The Mike Douglas Show",
      "year": "1961",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5.778,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qNk97cbF3dZyhkfIcJhjFDD64sM.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/10536/the-mike-douglas-show-1961"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 1655,
      "title": "PBS News Hour",
      "year": "1975",
      "role": "as Self - Movie Critic, The New Yorker",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5.654,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xNPew1EYKdLiV9fiRme6hm2ejWb.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/1655/pbs-news-hour-1975"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1039896,
      "title": "Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend",
      "year": "2022",
      "role": "as Self (archive footage)",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.214,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xG5sdTh9a2QDqyhOkbSDPrBsBv3.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1039896/clint-eastwood-the-last-legend-2022"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1439040,
      "title": "Altman on His Own Terms",
      "year": "2000",
      "role": "as Self (voice)",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/c516y4B8Oje7FI7fpEKVQw3qzdL.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1439040/altman-on-his-own-terms-2000"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 250766,
      "title": "Life Itself",
      "year": "2014",
      "role": "as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.522,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nK4cYTEO2eHLMgMII0Ux0kBOGhG.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/250766/life-itself-2014"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 86097,
      "title": "For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism",
      "year": "2009",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5.7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fxdvfJN4j65DJe7GMMEtfjmzgiS.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/86097/for-the-love-of-movies-the-story-of-american-film-criticism-2009"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 802806,
      "title": "The Man with No Name",
      "year": "1977",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/802806/the-man-with-no-name-1977"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 737315,
      "title": "The Magical Eye",
      "year": "1989",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8Odpc5UqHsYAuWUSx4E8LyPdtVw.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/737315/the-magical-eye-1989"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 169855,
      "title": "Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton",
      "year": "2013",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 4.8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5GUUfGetXdYB8JcW47KjsVb3XFL.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/169855/big-joy-the-adventures-of-james-broughton-2013"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1014191,
      "title": "Ed & Pauline",
      "year": "2014",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1014191/ed-pauline-2014"
    }
  ]
}