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	CurlyJoe
		Joe DeRita was born in 1909 as Joseph Wardell and was the only Stooge to come from a show business family; his father, Frank Wardell, was a stage technician and his mother, Florenze Wardell, was a dancer.
		Joe DeRita continued his role as Curly Joe until 1969; when Larry Fine suffered a stroke in 1970, The Three Stooges were forced into retirement.
		Joe was a quiet, reserved man; he was married to his wife, Jean Sullivan in 1966 and lived a quiet, non-Hollywood life with her until his death from pneumonia in 1993.
	www.threestoogesonline.com /CurlyJoe.htm (299 words)

	Curly Joe DeRita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Noticing his physical resemblance of predecessors Besser and Curly Howard, DeRita was named "Curly Joe," and became the third Stooge in 1958.
		Through the 1960s, DeRita became a readily accepted member of the team, participating in animated series and television series such as The New 3 Stooges.
		Curly Joe DeRita died in Los Angeles on July 3, 1993.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joe_DeRita (354 words)

	The Three Stooges Official Website
		Joe was the only one of the Stooges to come from a show biz family.
		Joe appeared in Columbia shorts such as "Slappily Married" and "The Good Bad Egg," these shorts featured some of the same supporting actors who were in the Stooge Shorts.
		Joe DeRita was asked to join the act, and at this time the Stooges formed Comedy III Productions, Inc., a company which still holds The Three Stooges rights and manages their affairs.
	www.threestooges.com /bios/bios.asp?intStoogeID=6 (465 words)

	Bio for Curly Joe DeRita on MSN Movies
		Joe DeRita, sometimes known as "Curly Joe DeRita," was the last of the six members of the Three Stooges to join that august comedic trio.
		In October of 1958, Joe DeRita -- christened "Curly Joe" because of his resemblance to the group's most famous member, Curly Howard -- made his debut as a member of the trio.
		Such was his relationship with Howard that the oldest surviving Stooge, who controlled the group's name, broke precedent and gave DeRita permission to put together a new, very short-lived group of Three Stooges.
	entertainment.msn.com /celebs/celeb.aspx?mp=b&c=146497 (531 words)

	Life with the Three Stooges
		Curly Joe was the last Stooge to fill that third slot next to Moe Howard and Larry Fine, joining the trio in 1958.
		Curly Joe was big-hearted and warm, a born entertainer who enjoyed kids and loved making people laugh.
		They were wed in Las Vegas and headed to Hollywood, where Curly Joe would spend the next 10 years performing in movies, on TV and in stage shows with Moe and Larry.
	www.sunnews.com /news/suburbs/berea/1998/deritastooges.htm (1230 words)

	Joe "Curly" DeRita Gravesite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Joe Besser then became the third person to play the role of Curly in 1956, but The Three Stooges was canceled by Columbia after just 16 more episodes.
		At the time, Joe Besser's wife was ill, so he was unable to return, so once again a new Curly had to be found, and Joe DeRita was the man to fill the role.
		Joe DeRita, as his grave marker says, was indeed "The Last Stooge," both on the show and in real life.
	www.thecemeteryproject.com /Graves/derita-joe-curly.htm (346 words)

	Curly Joe DeRita \| The Three Stooges \| biography
		Curly Joe DeRita, born as Joseph Wardell, was the last of the Three Stooges.
		Curly Joe was born in Philadelphia on July 12, 1909 in a stage family, with his mother Florenze a dancer and his father Frank a stage technician.
		Joe DeRita married Jean Sullivan in 1966, and continued to play Curly Joe until Larry Fine’s stroke forced the ending of the trio.
	www.clown-ministry.com /index_1.php?/site/articles/biography_of_curly_joe_derita_of_the_three_stooges (672 words)

	Curly-Joe Bio
		His mother, Florenz DeRita, was a dancer and his father, Frank Wardell, was a stage technician.
		By age eighteen, with his mother retired and his sister married, Joe decided to do a comedy single in which he sang and danced.
		As to Joe's likes and dislikes: He conisdered Hollywood's three worst actors to be George Raft, Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weismuller.
	www.stoogeworld.com /_Biographies/Curly-Joe.htm (724 words)

	Maybe one day it happened that Joe DeRita has enjoyed reading Vogue . Joe DeRita thought Vogue to be something very ...
		Joe DeRita thought Vogue to be something very interesting.
		Compared to Joe DeRita everything is likely to appear as something bad.
		In fact, surrealist thinkers have tried with little success to correlate the essence of Vogue with the essence of Joe DeRita.
	www.bad-bad-bad.com /actors/Acsy10753.htm (335 words)

	The Three Stooges - Joe DeRita
		Joe DeRita had contractual obligations otherwise he would have followed Shemp as the third Stooge.
		After Larry's death, Moe and Joe were going to keep the act going with, Emil Sitka.
		Moe agreed, but the act was not well received, and Joe DeRita gave up his career as a Stooge.
	www.3-stooges.com /text/derita.html (455 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Derita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The mistake was included in a 1995 report filed by Dalton Corp., said Joe DeRita, the company's president.
		Dalton President Joe DeRita said an error was made in a 1995 report that was filed.
		DeRita said he is unaware of any operations...
	www.nametraq.org /Jan04/D/Derita.shtml (137 words)

	Joe DeRita - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Joe made his film debut in "The Doughgirls" (1944) and continued to perform in films, radio, and television before joining the Three Stooges in 1958.
		DeRita was called Curly-Joe because he resembled early Stooges member Jerome "Curly" Howard (fat and graceful) and because there had already been a Stooge named "Joe" (Joe Besser).
		Joe was able to become a member of The Three Stooges (as "Curly Joe") just before they began a series of feature films.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0220388/bio (612 words)

	7/12 "Curly-Joe" DeRita - Classic Film Comedy - tribe.net
		DeRita was born into a show business family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		Noticing his physical resemblance to predecessors Besser and especially Curly Howard, DeRita was renamed "Curly-Joe," and became the third Stooge in 1958.
		While DeRita's physical appearance was reminiscent of the original "Curly," his characterization was milder, and not as manic or surreal.
	classicfilmcomedy.tribe.net /thread/9213479a-ab77-4aca-b7f4-de8d45c612bc (496 words)

	Joe DeRita Biography, Filmography,
		Born July 12, 1909 - Joe DeRita, sometimes known as "Curly Joe DeRita," was the last of the six members of the Three Stooges to join that august comedic trio.
		DeRita accompanied his parents on tour from the age of seven, and he soon had a d...
		Discuss Joe DeRita with Starpulse members in the forums...
	www.starpulse.com /Actors/DeRita,_Joe/index.html (155 words)

	The Three Stooges, Curlies
		Joe Besser was born in Saint Louis, Missouri on August 12, 1907 to Fannie and Morris Besser.
		Around 1940, Joe took Columbia Pictures contractee Jimmy Little on tour as his straight man. Soon Joe became a headliner on the Orpheum, RKO, Paramount, and Loew's theater circuits.
		Joe left the Stooges in 1958 and went on to star in feature films and had a successful television career.
	www.pcdesignswv.com /stooges/bio/others.html (680 words)

	Joe DeRita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Joe DeRita was asked to join the act, and at this...
		Joe DeRita died on July 3, 1993 at...
		"Curly" Joe DeRita (July 12, 1909 - July 3, 1993), born Joseph Wardell, was...
	www.lasso.dk /people/actors/d/Joe%20DeRita.shtml (523 words)

	The Three Stooges
		Joe Frisco, a friend of Ted's, came to the scene and picked him up from the sidewalk and took him back to his apartment.
		Joe left his money to his wife Ernie, who was a double amputee with Alzheimer's.
		Joe DeRita's stepsons, who are lawyers, and Bela Lugosi Jr, formed it.
	www.findadeath.com /Deceased/s/The%203%20Stooges/three_stooges.htm (1734 words)

	Usenet Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Incidentally, one interesting thing about Joe Besser and Joe DeRita is that they lived only a mile or two from each other in the North Hollywood for years but never met.
		I rode with Joe when Jeff Lenburg picked him up to take him to that Stooges event at the Sheraton Universal circa 1983 (I forget the name of the convention...was it the National Film Festival?) and Joe was really looking forward to meeting Joe DeRita for the first time.
		Unfortunately, Joe DR cancelled out at the last minute due to health reasons, so as far as I know they never did meet.
	usenet.best-buy-online.com /Dir4/File247.html (11683 words)

	Curly Joe DeRita - Biography - Moviefone
		DeRita accompanied his parents on tour from the age of seven, and he soon had a dancing act with his sister.
		After World War II, DeRita returned to the stage and also began working on radio.
		Beyond that, however, were innumerable personal appearances, lots of merchandising, and television work by the trio, all of which was enough to keep DeRita busy and solvent for the rest of his life.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/curly-joe-derita/17955/biography (554 words)

	The Three Stooges - Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp, Joe and Curly Joe
		Joe Besser was the fifth (third) Stooge from 1956-1958.
		Joe Besser was probably the least popular stooge, relying more on verbal than slapstick humor - in fact, he had a clause in his contract specifically prohibiting him from being hit too hard.
		When Joe Besser's wife had a heart attack, he was unwilling to travel, and withdrew from the act.
	www.clown-ministry.com /History/three-stooges (1429 words)

	AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: THREE STOOGES (JOE DE RITA) - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED
		Joe DeRita (1909-1993), a former vaudevillian, made his film debut in The Doughgirls (1944).
		DeRita was dubbed "Curly Joe" because of his resemblance to Moe's brother, Curly Howard, a former Stooge.
		By the time DeRita joined the act, their boisterous pie-in-the-face, poke-in-the eye humor had toned down, and he played a more passive third Stooge.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/3_2005/great-buy-actors/86985-THREE-STOOGES-(JOE-DE-RITA).htm (236 words)

	Joe DeRita
		One day you will notice that our human nature has become nothing and the only think that can patch the hole in our fame as homo sapiens is art through all its expressions, whether we talk about music or cinema.
		So, if you want to have some fun try something else and change your perspective about life with Joe DeRita.
		So, if you are annoyed come and move on into the skies with Joe DeRita.
	www.wonderful-people.com /Actors/Actors_D/index5/Dray20102.htm (192 words)

	It is possible to happen that Joe DeRita has had an interesting journey by reading Heliophobe Worldwide . Joe DeRita ...
		It is possible to happen that Joe DeRita has had an interesting journey by reading Heliophobe Worldwide.
		Joe DeRita considered Heliophobe Worldwide to be an interesting thing to read.
		You saved her life and mine and you restored her to me. Yet you want no reward./ Dimitri: Not anymore./Dowager Empress Marie: Why the change of mind?/ Dimitri: It was more a change of heart.
	www.bad-bad-bad.com /actors/Acsy12232.htm (344 words)

	three stooges archive, Stooges history
		Joe DeRita was Moe's first choice to replace Shemp but he was under contract to
		Joe Besser performed with the three Stooges until 1958.
		Joe DeRita was then asked to join the three Stooges and did so in 1958
	three-stooges.net (785 words)

	Variety.com - Curly Joe DeRita
		B'way's Gatchell dies of heart attack at 50
		Curly Joe DeRita, the last of the bumbling "Three Stooges" comedy team, died July 3 of pneumonia.
		DeRita is survived by his wife, Jean DeRita, Benjamin and stepson Earl Benjamin.
	www.variety.com /article/VR108498?categoryid=25&cs=1 (213 words)

	Find A Grave Cemetery Records- Joe
		He joined the Three Stooges act after Joe Besser left the act in 1958.
		He shaved his head to look more like the original Curly (Jerome Howard) who died in 1952.
		You filled me full of laughter,before your death and after,you were a friend of mine through passages in time,I really miss you Curly Joe, say hello to Larry,Curly,Shemp,Joe,and Moe..
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1557&pt=Joe (60 words)

	Curly Joe DeRita bio, biography, curly joe information, three stooges bio, info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		hen, for seven seasons, Joe played the title role in a stage version of Peck's Bad Boy with his mother and father.
		Before joining the Stooges in 1958, he had a major role as the hangman in The Bravados for 20th Century-Fox, which starred Gregory Peck.
		DeRita ran the gamut in films, as well as making guest appearances on such television shows as The Desilu Playhouse, This Is Alice, and Bachelor Father.
	www.the3stooges.net /site/1234567/page/571050 (747 words)

	Was Joe DeRita better solo?
		I've never seen any DeRita solo shorts, but as long as his comic persona was different from the annoying one he used as a Stooge ("Buddy boy!"), maybe they're funny.
		I'm pretty sure that he was probably a pretty funny comedian live--as evidenced by their TV appearances (c'mon, don't tell me you didn't laugh when Moe slapped his wig off in the hospital sketch and he had to ad-lib a bit to cover Moe and Larry's laughing).
		So, long post slightly longer, yes, DeRita was a hell of a lot funnier in his younger, solo years before he joined the Stooges, but we also have to remember that the Stooges themselves were funnier before their conversion into the child-friendly performers that we see in the 60's films.
	threestooges.net /forums/index.php?topic=1006.msg6343 (1801 words)

	Joe DeRita at Hollywood.com
		Hefty, bald slapstick comedian, who, in 1959, after Jerry ("Curly") Howard, Shemp Howard, and Joe Besser had either retired or died, stepped in as the final "third Stooge" alongside mainstays Moe Howard and Larry Fine.
		DeRita, often known as "Curly Joe", joined the Three Stooges after the group had made over 200 comedy shorts spanning a quarter century.
		The new Stooges were ready to move into a series of low-budget features arising from their newfound popularity due to the TV syndication of their shorts....
	www.hollywood.com /celebrity/Joe_DeRita/1250640 (359 words)

	Short Persons Support: Who's Who of Short People : Biography : Paul (Mousie) Garner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In the early 1930s, he appeared on stage as the “Third Stooge” opposite Moe Howard and Larry Fine, when the team's original member, Shemp Howard, was unable to perform.
		Garner also appeared as one of the Stooges on Broadway and in major national touring companies; in short subjects, feature films and documentaries; on network television, cable and radio shows; and in nightclubs, auditoriums and concert halls.
		He teamed with "Curly Joe" DeRita, the last surviving stooge, for a few performances as The New Stooges in the 1970s.
	www.shortsupport.org /cgi/whowho_bio.cgi?seq=510&orderby=height&direction=ASC (258 words)

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