# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-mekka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:45:16.833Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-mekka"
name: "Eddie Mekka"
slug: "eddie-mekka"
description: "Edward Rudolph Mekjian, known professionally as Eddie Mekka, was an American actor, best known for his role as Carmine Ragusa on the hit television sitcom Laverne & Shirley."
tagline: "American actor (1952–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddie_Mekka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1952-06-14"
deathDate: "2021-11-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.839086666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577284/"
    handle:    "nm0577284"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.therealeddiemekka.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "ایڈی میکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mekka"
    title: "Eddie Mekka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "ادى ميكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%8E%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8E%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "ئێدی مێکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mekka"
    title: "Eddie Mekka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "ادی مکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mekka"
    title: "Eddie Mekka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%94%94_%EB%A9%95%EC%B9%B4"
    title: "에디 멕카"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5336307"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75347"
    title: "Eddie Mekka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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