# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emmett-kelly
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:42:20.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emmett-kelly"
name: "Emmett Kelly"
slug: "emmett-kelly"
description: "Emmett Leo Kelly was an American circus performer who created the clown character \"Weary Willie\", based on the hobos of the Great Depression in the 1930s."
tagline: "American clown (1898–1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emmett_Kelly_1953_(cropped).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: "1898-12-09"
deathDate: "1979-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.25
  momentum:             1.367292225201072
  historical:           8.755777333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446374/"
    handle:    "nm0446374"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%B9_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "ایمیٹ کیلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "إيميت كيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly"
    title: "Emmett Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly"
    title: "Emmett Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly"
    title: "Emmett Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly"
    title: "Emmett Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%98_%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99"
    title: "אמט קלי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly"
    title: "Emmett Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly"
    title: "Emmett Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q602329"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142439"
    title: "Emmett Kelly"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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