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Saturday, February 15th, 2025 8:55 PM

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How do you add the name of a person's town of birth?

Actor Donn Gift, best known for portraying the friend of Claude Jarman Jr. in the 1946 film The Yearling was born in Danville, Illinois.  I was checking out the credits on this film to find out his name and discovered on Find A Grave's website a photo of his WWII draft card showing he was born in my hometown of Danville, Illinois.  I wasn't sure how to add the town of birth to his IMDB page.

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Tudorfan: Go to his page at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317556/ and click "Edit page". On the next screen, scroll down to the Biographical Information section. On the Date of Birth line, select "Correct/Delete". Scroll down and click "Continue". On the next screen, in the menu to the left of his birthdate, select "Correct". Click "Check these updates". On the next screen, you will see that the place of birth is editable. Edit it to make it Danville, Illinois, USA, and then in the Explanation box provide first the URL for the evidence of his town of birth and then any additional information you may have. Then click "Check these updates"; the rest of the process should be self-explanatory. Good luck!

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@gromit82​   I tried it and when you get to the edit screen for Biographical Information, this is not a field that they allow you to change.  I suspect that maybe IMDB management may have to make this change.  

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Tudorfan: You need to be able to get to a screen that looks like this: Then follow the instructions in my post above, beginning with "On the next screen, in the menu to the left of his birthdate, select "Correct" ...."

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Thank you for the directions! I was able to get it to work and submitted the update.  I sent the URL and also a link to the page showing his WWII draft card showing his place of birth as Danville, Illinois.  I have requested that they send me updates.  Thanks again for your help!