# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-derita
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:13:52.161Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-derita"
name: "Joe DeRita"
slug: "joe-derita"
description: "Joseph Wardell, known professionally as Joe DeRita, was an American actor and comedian, who is best known for his stint as a member of The Three Stooges in the persona of Curly Joe DeRita."
tagline: "American actor and comedian (1909–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Three_Stooges_1959.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1909-07-12"
deathDate: "1993-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.87
  momentum:             1.798868809490964
  historical:           13.94914933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220388/"
    handle:    "nm0220388"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.threestooges.net/cast/actor/492"
sources:
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    title: "جو ڈیریٹا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Joe_DeRita"
    title: "Curly Joe DeRita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DeRita"
    title: "Joe DeRita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "جو ديريتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "جو ديريتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Joe_DeRita"
    title: "Curly Joe DeRita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DeRita"
    title: "Joe DeRita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DeRita"
    title: "Joe DeRita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Joe_DeRita"
    title: "Curly Joe DeRita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "جو دریتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DeRita"
    title: "Joe DeRita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DeRita"
    title: "Joe DeRita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0_%EB%8D%B0%EB%A6%AC%ED%83%80"
    title: "조 데리타"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DeRita"
    title: "Joe DeRita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE"
    title: "Дерита, Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705408"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105723"
    title: "Joe DeRita"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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