# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-siegel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:55:24.117Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-siegel"
name: "Joel Siegel"
slug: "joel-siegel"
description: "Joel Steven Siegel was an American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning America for over 25 years. The winner of multiple Emmy Awards, Siegel also worked as a radio disc jockey and an advertising copywriter."
tagline: "American film critic and journalist (1943-2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/JoelS.Siegel.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1943-07-07"
deathDate: "2007-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.178909333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796954/"
    handle:    "nm0796954"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Siegel"
    title: "Joel Siegel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%84"
    title: "جويل سيغل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%84"
    title: "جويل سيجل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Siegel"
    title: "Joel Siegel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Siegel"
    title: "Joel Siegel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Siegel"
    title: "Joel Siegel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q693718"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215473"
    title: "Joel Siegel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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