LIST OF ITALIAN AMERICAN ACTORS

The list is currently organized chronologically, listing people by birth date periods.
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1990s -- 1980s -- 1970s -- 1960s -- 1950s -- 1940s -- 1930s -- 1920s -- 1910s -- 1900s -- 1890s -- 1880s

Contents

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

1940s

1930s

1920s

1910s

1900s

1890s

1880s

By Medium

Voice actors

''The Godfather'' actors

The Sopranos actors

Soap opera actresses

Adult movie stars

See also

References

Footnotes

1990s

★ Cole Sprouse television actor (''Suite Life of Zach and Cody'')

★ Dylan Sprouse television actor (''Suite Life of Zach and Cody'')

★ Vincent Martella(1992 - ) television actor (''Everybody Hates Chris'')
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1980s

★ Michael Angarano (1987 - ) television/film actor (''Sky High'', ''Will & Grace'')^[2]

★ Justin Baldoni (1984 - ) television actor (''Everwood'')^[3]

★ Adrian Bellani (1983 - )

★ Rachel Bilson (1981 - ) film/television actress (''The O.C.'')^[4][5]

★ Corbin Bleu (1989 - ) film/television actor (''High School Musical'')^[6]

★ Ashley Lyn Cafagna (1983 - ) soap opera actress turned film star and singer

★ Mark Copani (1981 - ) actor and professional wrestler^[7]

★ Chris Evans (1981 - ) film actor (''Cellular'', ''Fantastic Four'')^[8]

★ Vanessa Ferlito (1980 - ) actress (''CSI: New York'')^[9]

★ Michelle Lombardo (1983 - ) actress and model^[10]

★ Tina Majorino (1985 - ) film/television actress (''Napoleon Dynamite'')^[11]

★ Vanessa Minillo (1981 — )

★ Frankie Muniz (1985- )

★ Gia Paloma (1984 - ) porn star^[12]

★ Hayden Panettiere (1989 - ) film/television actress (''Heroes'')^[13]

★ Shawn Pyfrom (1986 - ) television/film actor (''Desperate Housewives'')^[14][15]

★ Keri Sable (1986 - ) pornographic actress^[16]

★ Jason Schwartzman (1980 - ) film actor (''Marie Antoinette'')^[17]

1970s

★ Lauren Ambrose (1978 - ) film and television actress (''Six Feet Under'')^[18]

★ Victor Alfieri (1971 - ) Italian-born television actor^[19]

★ Chad Allen (1974 - ) film/television actor (''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'')^[20]

★ Leila Arcieri (1973 - ) actress/model^[21]

★ Laura Benanti (1979 - ) musical theatre/Broadway actress^[22]

★ Jason Biggs actor ("American Pie")^[23]

★ Lillo Brancato Jr. - film/TV actor^[24]

★ Bobby Cannavale - Emmy-winning actor ^[25]

★ Rachael Leigh Cook - actress ("She's All That")^[26]

★ Sofia Coppola - director, actress, producer, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter ^[27]

★ Drea de Matteo - Emmy-winning actress ("The Sopranos")^[28]

★ Leonardo DiCaprio - Academy Award-nominated actor ("Titanic", "The Aviator")^[29]

★ Jennifer Esposito - film/television actress^[30]

★ Peter Facinelli - film/television actor

★ Joey Fatone - pop singer/actor (
★ NSync, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding")^[31]

★ Aria Giovanni (1973 - ) nude model and actress ^[32]

★ Joy Giovanni (1978 - ) actress and former professional wrestling ^[33]

★ Carmine Giovinazzo (1973 - ) film and television actor (''CSI: NY'')^[34]

★ Lola Glaudini - actress

★ Carla Gugino - film actress^[35]

★ Lindsay Hartley soap opera actress ("Passions") ^[36]

★ Jenna Jameson (1974 - ) porn star

★ Alyssa Milano - film/television actress ("Charmed")^[37]

★ Kelly Monaco - model/actress ("All My Children") ^[38]

★ Brittany Murphy - film actress^[39]

★ Alessandro Nivola (1972 - ) film actor ("Face/Off", "Goal!")^[40]

★ Zachary Quinto (1977 - ) film and television actor (''Heroes'', ''24'', ''Star Trek'')^[41]

★ Jai Rodriguez (1979 - ) actor and culture guide on ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy''^[42]

★ Leah Remini - film/TV actress ("The King Of Queens")^[43]

★ Antonio Sabato Jr. - model/actor^[44]

★ Paul Anthony Stewart soap opera actor^[45]

★ Amber Valletta (1974 - ) supermodel/actress^[46]

★ Milo Ventimiglia (1977 - ) film and television actor (''Heroes'', ''Gilmore Girls'', ''Rocky Balboa'')^[47]

1960s

★ Kristian Alfonso - soap opera actress ("Days Of Our Lives") ^[48]

★ Scott Baio actor ("Happy Days", "Charles In Charge") ^[49]

★ Matt Battaglia - actor ^[50]

★ Maria Bello Academy Award-nominated film actress^[51]

★ Valerie Bertinelli - actress ("One Day At A Time") ^[52]

★ Traci Bingham - actress and model

★ Jon Bon Jovi - singer/film actor ("Bon Jovi") ^[53]

★ David Boreanaz - actor ("Buffy The Vampire Slayer", "Angel") ^[54]

★ Nicolas Cage - Academy Award-winning actor, director, and producer^[55]

★ Christy Canyon - erotic actress^[56]

★ Federico Castelluccio actor ("The Sopranos") ^[57]

★ Robin Christopher soap opera actress ^[58]

★ Lee Curreri actor, music composer, singer

★ Donna D'Errico actress and model

★ Illeana Douglas film actress ^[59]

★ Edie Falco actress ("The Sopranos") ^[60]

★ Jon Favreau actor/director ^[61]

★ Linda Fiorentino film actress ("The Last Seduction") ^[62]

★ Vincent Gallo - independent film actor/director ^[63]

★ James Gandolfini (1961 - ) film/television actor (''The Sopranos'')^[42]

★ Janeane Garofalo stand-up comedian, actress, political activist, and a guest radio host on Air America Radio ^[64]

★ Paul Giamatti (1967 - ) Academy Award-nominated film actor^[65]

★ Anthony Michael Hall (1968 - ) film/television actor, former teen star^[66]

★ Michael Imperioli actor ("The Sopranos") ^[67]

★ Artie Lange television and movie actor, stand up comedian and radio personality^[68]

★ Matt LeBlanc actor ("Friends") ^[69]

★ Téa Leoni (1966 - ) actress

★ Ralph Macchio - film actor ("The Karate Kid") ^[70]

★ Tim McGraw actor/country music singer ^[71]

★ Christopher Meloni - actor ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", "Oz") ^[72]

★ Vic Mignogna - voice actor

★ Erik Palladino ^[73]

★ Natalie Raitano television actress ("V.I.P.") ^[74]

★ Mark Ruffalo critically-acclaimed film actor ("Just Like Heaven", "13 Going On 30") ^[75]

★ Laura San Giacomo - actress ("Just Shoot Me") ^[76]

★ Glenn Scarpelli - actor ("One Day At A Time") Italian American from Staten Island

★ Annabella Sciorra - actress (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) ^[77]

★ Nick Scotti - actor/model/singer ^[78]

★ Mira Sorvino - Academy Award-winning actress, daughter of Paul Sorvino ^[79]

★ Gwen Stefani - singer/fashion designer/actress ^[80]

★ Marisa Tomei - Academy Award-winning film actress ("My Cousin Vinny") ^[81]

★ Stanley Tucci actor ("Shall We Dance") ^[82]

★ Aida Turturro actress, cousin of John Turturro (The Sopranos) ^[83]

1950s

★ Danny Bonaduce actor ("The Partridge Family") ^[84]

★ Lorraine Bracco - Academy Award-nominated actress ("The Sopranos", "Goodfellas") ^[85]

★ Steve Buscemi - actor ("The Sopranos", "Airheads") ^[86]

★ David Caruso - actor ("CSI: Miami", "Session 9") ^[87]

★ Tony Danza - actor/talk show host ("Who's The Boss", "Family Law") ^[88]

★ Giancarlo Esposito - actor ^[89]

★ Lou Ferrigno bodybuilder and actor ("The Hulk") ^[90]

★ Cyndi Lauper - singer/actress (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun) ^[91]

★ Jay Leno (1950 - ) comedian, former actor, known as host of ''The Tonight Show''^[92]

★ Madonna - musician, singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, entertainer ^[93]

★ Ed Marinaro - actor/former football player ^[94]

★ Chazz Palminteri - actor ("A Bronx Tale") ^[95]

★ Joe Pantoliano actor ("The Sopranos") ^[96]

★ Joe Piscopo actor/comedian ("Saturday Night Live") ^[97]

★ Ray Romano - actor and comedian ("Everybody Loved Raymond") ^[98]

★ Isabella Rossellini (born 1952) - actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, model ^[99]

★ Rene Russo - film actress/model ("Lethal Weapon 3", "The Thomas Crown Affair") ^[100]

★ Connie Sellecca - actress ^[101]

★ Steve Schirripa - TV actor/writer ("The Sopranos") ^[102]

★ John Travolta - Academy Award-nominated actor, singer, dancer ("Grease", "Saturday Night Fever") ^[103]

★ John Turturro - actor, cousin of Aida Turturro ^[104]

★ Steven Van Zandt (1950 - ) musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, actor, and radio disc jockey (''The Sopranos'')^[105]

★ Vinny Vella (1950 - ) actor and part time comedian^[106]

★ Chuck Zito - member of the New York chapter of the Hells Angels, amateur boxer, martial artist, celebrity bodyguard, stuntman and actor ^[107]

1940s

★ Armand Assante - actor ^[108]

★ Joy Behar - actress, comedian, co-host of "The View"^[109]

★ Barbara Bouchet - actress

★ Robert De Niro - two time Academy Award-winning American film actor, director, producer and founder of the Tribeca Film Festival ^[110]

★ Danny DeVito - actor, director, and Oscar nominated producer ^[111]

★ Dennis Farina - film/television actor ^[112]

★ Annette Funicello - actress, was Walt Disney's most popular Mouseketeer^[113]

★ Frank Langella - stage and film actor^[114]

★ Susan Lucci - Daytime Emmy Award winning actress, who has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" and "The Queen of Daytime"^[115]

★ Patti LuPone - singer/actress^[116]

★ Joe Mantegna - film/television actor^[117]

★ Penny Marshall - actress/producer/director, sister of Garry Marshall ^[118]

★ Al Pacino - Academy Award-winning film actor^[119]

★ Vincent Pastore - film and television actor, often cast as a mobster or heavy^[120]

★ Joe Pesci - Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer who is often typecast as a violent mobster or as a grouchy funnyman^[121]

★ Bernadette Peters - actress/singer^[122]

★ Susan Sarandon - Academy Award-winning film actress^[123]

★ Talia Shire - film actress^[124]

★ Nancy Sinatra - singer and actress^[125]

★ Bruce Springsteen - singer^[126]

★ Sylvester Stallone - film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter^[127]

★ Tony Sirico - film and television actor ("The Sopranos")

★ Victoria Vetri - model and actress^[128]

1930s

★ F. Murray Abraham (1939 - ) Academy Award-winning film actor^[129]

★ Danny Aiello (1933 - ) actor^[130]

★ Alan Alda (1936 - ) actor, writer, director and political activist¹³⁰

★ Frankie Avalon (1939 - ) actor and teen idol in the 1950s and early 1960s^[131]

★ Anne Bancroft (1931 - 2005) Academy Award-winning actress^[132]

★ Robert Blake (1933 - ) film actor, perhaps most famous for starring in the U.S. television series ''Baretta'', and for being found not guilty of the murder of wife Bonnie Lee Bakley^[133]

★ Joseph Bologna (1934 - ) film and television actor^[134]

★ Ruth Buzzi

★ John Cazale (1935 - 1978) film actor^[135]

★ Dominic Chianese (1931 - ) TV actor (''The Sopranos'')^[136]

★ Bobby Darin (1936 - 1973) actor/singer, one of the most popular rock and roll American teen idols of the late 1950s^[137]

★ James Darren (1936 - ) television and film actor, television director, and singer^[138]

★ Dom DeLuise (1933 - ) comic actor^[139]

★ Connie Francis (1938 - ) actress/pop singer, known for her 1957 hit "Who's Sorry Now?"^[140]

★ Ben Gazzara (1930 - ) film/TV actor^[141]

★ Robert Loggia

★ Garry Marshall (1934 - ) actor/director/writer/producer, brother of Penny Marshall^[142]

★ Sal Mineo (1939 - 1976) actor and theater director, famous for his Academy Award-nominated performance opposite James Dean in ''Rebel Without a Cause''^[143]

★ Jack Nicholson (1937 - ) film actor

★ Paula Prentiss - film actress^[144]

★ Paul Sorvino - actor, father of Mira Sorvino ^[145]

★ Connie Stevens - actress and singer^[146]

1920s

★ Kaye Ballard (1926 - ) stage and television actress^[147]

★ Billy Barty (1924 - 2000) film actor^[148]

★ Tony Bennett (1926 - ) popular music, standards, jazz singer and actor^[149]

★ Richard Crenna (1926 - 2003) film actor (''First Blood'')¹³³

★ Vince Edwards (1928 - 1996) actor, director, and singer¹³³

★ Anthony Franciosa (1928 - 2006) film/television actor, often billed as "Tony Franciosa"^[150]

★ Vincent Gardenia (1922 - 1992) stage, film, and television actor^[151]

★ Michael V. Gazzo (1923 - 1995) actor and Broadway playwright^[152]

★ Mario Lanza (1921 - 1959) tenor and Hollywood movie star who enjoyed success in the late 1940s and 1950s^[153]

★ Al Lettieri (1928 - 1975) film/television actor (''The Godfather'')^[154]
Harry Guardino (1925 - 1995) actor

1910s

★ Robert Alda (1914 - 1986) actor, father of Alan Alda¹³³

★ Ernest Borgnine (1917 - ) Academy Award-winning actor¹³³

★ Adriana Caselotti (1916 - 1997) actress known for providing the voice behind the lead character in Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''^[155]

★ Richard Conte (1910 - 1975) film actor¹³³

★ Ann Corio (1914 - 1999) burlesque ecdysiast and actress^[156]

★ Dean Martin (1917 - 1995) actor/singer, member of the "Rat Pack"¹³³

★ Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998) actor and singer who many consider to be one of the finest male popular song vocalists of all time¹⁵³

1900s

★ Don Ameche (1908 - 1993) actor and director^[157]

★ Iron Eyes Cody (1907 - 1999) actor, frequently played Native Americans^[158]

★ Russ Columbo (1908 - 1934) singer, violinist and actor, perhaps most famous for his signature tune, "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love", and the legend surrounding his early death^[159]

★ Lou Costello (1906 - 1959) actor and comedian known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello^[160]

★ Henry Fonda (1905 - 1982)

1890s

★ Nita Naldi, born 'Anita Donna Dooley' (Italian mother)

★ Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926), born 'Rodolfo Alfonso Rafaello Piero Filiberto Gugliemi di Valentina d'Antoguolla', Hollywood's first sex symbol and the first "Latin Lover" (Italian father, 'Giovanni Antonio Giuseppe Fidele Guglielmi')

1880s

★ Henry Armetta (1888 - 1945) movie character actor

★ Robert G. Vignola (1882 - 1953) actor, screenwriter and film director

By Medium

Voice actors

★ Joe Bevilacqua, (born 1959) is an award-winning voice actor, radio producer, dramatist, humorist, and documentarian.

★ Adriana Caselotti, provided the voice behind the lead character in Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''.

★ Candy Candido was born 'Jonathan Joseph Candido' (December 25 1913 in New Orleans, Louisiana - May 19 1999, Burbank, California). He was a long-time comedian and Disney voice actor. His most well-known voiceovers include the Indian Chief in ''Peter Pan'', the Crocodile in Disney's ''Robin Hood'' and Fidget in ''The Great Mouse Detective''. He also appeared in the Ralph Bakshi movies ''Hey Good Lookin''' and ''Heavy Traffic''.

★ Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson)

''The Godfather'' actors

★ Richard S. Castellano, playing Pete Clemenza

★ Richard Conte, playing Don Emilio Barzini

★ Jessica Di Cicco, playing an unnamed child in ''The Godfather Part III''

★ Morgana King, born 'Maria Grazia Morgana Messina DeBernardinis', playing Mama Corleone

★ Al Lettieri, born 'Alessandro Aldo Lettieri', playing Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo

★ Al Martino, playing Johnny Fontane

★ Lenny Montana, born 'Lenny Passaforo', playing Luca Brasi

★ Alex Rocco, born 'Alexander F. Petricone', playing Moe Greene

★ Gianni Russo, playing Carlo Rizzi

★ Frank Sivero, playing Genco Abbadando

The Sopranos actors

★ Donna Adamo

★ Federico Castelluccio

★ Frank Pellegrino

★ Steve Schirripa

★ Tony Sirico

★ Frank Vincent

Soap opera actresses

★ Ashley Lyn Cafagna (b. 1983), soap opera actress turned film star and singer

★ Lisa Peluso (b. 1964), soap opera actress (Wendy Wilkins on ''Search for Tomorrow'')

★ Kelly Ripa (b. 1970), soap opera actress turned daytime talk show host

★ Gina Tognoni, (born November 28, 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri) is most known for playing Kelly Cramer on ABC's soap opera ''One Life to Live'' from 1995 to 2001.

Adult movie stars

★ Brian Buzzini

★ Jewel De Nyle

★ Giulio Fantechi

★ Jenna Jameson, born 'Jennifer Massoli'.

★ Jasmin St. Claire, of Sicilian descent.

★ Joey Stefano

See also

★ List of Italian American entertainers

★ List of Italian Americans

References

★ Peter Bogdanella, ''Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos'', New York: The Continuum IPG, 2004 - ISBN 082641544X

★ Thomas Victoria, ''Hollywood's Latin Lovers: Latin, Italian an French Men Who Make the Screen Smolder'', Santa Monica: Angel City Press, 1998.

Footnotes

1. Everybody Hates Chris
2. Re: Hi Mike, do you have ...
3. Fall TV Jane Louise Boursaw
4. Q & A with Rachel (no longer online)
5. It's star- and navel-gazing at this year's fest Howard Gensler
6. Corbin's Journal
7. Alternate Reality by Vin Tastic
8. Q&A With Chris
9. The next big things? Nancy Mills
10. Michelle Lombardo
11. Tina Majorino Interview!
12. Gia Paloma
13. hayden panettiere on the tony danza show
14. Re: achievement
15. Re: shawn, questions again
16. Keri Sable
17. Off with her head Helen Barlow
18. Interview: Six Feet Under’s Lauren Ambrose David R. Guarino
19. PASSIONS Interview
20. Exclusive Q&A with Chad Allen
21. Cover Girl
22. Talkin Broadway
23. [1] ""Everyone thinks I'm Jewish," says actor Jason Biggs. The 23-year-old star of American Pie, Loser and American Pie 2 is actually an Italian Catholic from New Jersey."
24. [2] "Born in Bogota, Colombia, Brancato was adopted by Italian-American parents in Yonkers when he was 4 months old. He still lives with them. "I consider myself Italian," he once said. "I was raised to eat pasta.""
25. [3] "Oddly, the only top HBO series the Italian-American hasn't been on is The Sopranos."
26. [4] "Rachael is half Italian and refers to herself as Italian."
27. [5] "Although Italian-American by heritage, she said she had faked her way through the Venice festival by "speaking English with an Italian accent."
28. [6] "Andrea Donna de Matteo was born in Queens, Italian and Catholic."
29. [7] "He's half-German, half-Italian." ''Note: "Only" his paternal grandfather was of Italian descent''"
30. [8] "Well, I'm Italian, but my family isn't stereotypical."
31. [9] "Joey ended the interview saying that he was the 'most hung' of the group because "I'm Italian.""
32. [10] "I book myself. I don’t have an agent"
33. [11] "Italian"
34. [12]"Is of Italian, Norwegian, English and Native American descent."
35. [13] "I'm half-Italian, so personally, I consider that Latina . . . and in Spy Kids I also play Spanish," she said in a July interview. "What's interesting is that Karen Sisco in the book was blond-haired (and non-Hispanic) . . . and originally, Nicole Kidman was going to do the movie. My feeling about this Karen Sisco, is that her mother was Cuban and her father was not."
36. [14] "Her (Real) Heritage: "I'm Greek, Italian and Jewish. In TV Guide they wrote that I was French, Greek and Jewish. I am mostly Greek. I don't know where French came from."
37. [15]"Ethnicity: Italian-American"
38. [16] "Raised in an Italian Catholic home, Monaco is very close with her family, especially her great-grandmother."
39. [17] "The olive comes from my being half-Italian. And I'm a quarter Irish and a quarter Eastern Bloc country."
40. [18] "This grandson of acclaimed Italian sculptor Constantino Nivola began his acting career while still an undergraduate at Yale..."
41. [19] "You want to respect and honor [the real-life person] as much as you can while giving it your own spin in that unique situation," said Quinto, whose ethnicity is half-Irish and half-Italian."
42. 'Rodriguez' - [20] "The sweet and charming Puerto Rican-Italian actor from Long Island has become a pop icon..."
43. [21] "Is half Italian-Catholic and half Russian-Jewish."
44. [22]
45. [23] "I'm Italian."
46. [24] "Ethnicity: Italian/Portuguese"
47. Yo! Ventimiglia gets into the tough-guy act William Keck
48. [25] "Kristian is 100 percent Italian. Her grandparents hail from Sicily and the Calabria region of southern Italy."
49. [26] "Secondly, Mr. Baio graciously paved the way for lesser talents such as Tony Danza. Mr. Baio, an Italian from New York, appeared on primetime in 1977"
50. "[27] "I'm half Italian, and half German/Dutch. A little trivia for you all. My birth name is Matteo Battaglia, not Matt."
51. [28] "the half Polish-half Italian actress" [29] "Do you think that came from your family? MARIA BELLO: I do. You know the whole Italian-Polish Bello clan from Philly, and they're all very passionate."
52. [30] "I know I'm not going to be a Chanel model. I have birthing hips. I'm Italian"
53. [31] "fellow Italian-American singer-actor"
54. [32] "He is Italian and Czechoslovakian"
55. [33] "Actor Nicolas Cage will be the first inductee into the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) new "Hall of Fame""
56. [34] "This woman has got experience, great looks (she's one-half Italian, one-half Armenian) and everything else that makes up the persona of a true, original adult star."
57. [35] "The Italian-born actor, who grew up in Paterson, was besieged with calls from friends seeking advice on how to land a part on the mob show."
58. [36] "Because I'm Italian, I tend to have a lot of darkness around my eyes"
59. [37] "I'm half-Italian so my grandmother would say stuff like "You look awful but I don't mean that in a bad way.""
60. [38] ""I get a lot of scripts now for Italian mothers," she adds. "I'm only half-Italian.""
61. [39] "Favreau jokes that, being half Jewish and half Italian, he has nowhere to run if he wants to lose weight, because food is such a big part of both cultures."
62. [40] "What she really is is a Philadelphia-born, blue-collar, Italian-American Catholic with a knack for flaunting the rules."
63. [41]
64. [43] "This half-Italian, half-Irish, New Jersey transplant..."
65. [44] "Italian-American scion of a Connecticut family..." [45] "Given his half-Italian father, Bart Giamatti... Irish mother, Toni, a high-school teacher"
66. 'Hall' - said he was "Irish and Italian" on The Late Late Show (CBS TV series), can be seen at [46]
67. [47] "Is Italian-American"
68. [48] "Working long afternoons with his loving contractor father, Artie developed a comical view of social classes, and his place in life as a barrel chested Italian boy."
69. [49] "The National Italian American Foundation in Washington DC, recently honored LeBlanc for his contribution to the world of entertainment."
70. [50]
71. [51] "No more than anybody else, but yes, I have a little bit of a temper. I'm from Louisiana. So -- and I'm Irish and Italian... My mother's on the Italian -- I got a little Irish and Italian from my mother's side and of course, like I was telling you before, Scotch Irish. So, there's a little bit of temper in there." [52] "Country star TIM McGRAW was as surprised as his fans when he was feted by the ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION recently... which was handed to him after the organisation learned his mother is Italian. He says, "With a name like McGraw, you don't think about (getting such an honour) very often. But I do have strong Italian heritage, from my great-grandfather DONATO AUGUSTO D'AGOSTINO, my grandpop GIOVANNI GIUSEPPI D'AGOSTINO - and my mom teaching me to make pasta and spaghetti sauce, which is one of my specialities. I grew up in the South. In a lot of ways the Italian culture and the southern culture go hand in hand, because it's all about family, neighbours and community.""
72. [53] "I'm third-generation Italian, but I still have a strong sense of my heritage. There are certain Italianisms that ring very true in this play - the place of the man in the household, the idea of respect . . . of omerta."
73. [54]"Erik Palladino:...Is Italian-Armenian.
"
74. [55] "Nationality: Italian/American"
75. [56] "I lived on the edge of a forest. We had a very big Italian family with lots of love." Perhaps his Italian great-grandfather's interest in commedia dell'arte had a genetic influence on Ruffalo's choice of careers, but not at first."
76. [57] "The Italian-American actress..."
77. [58] "This Italian-American, Brooklyn-bred actress..."
78. [59] "If Nick looks familiar, it's because this Italian stallion has appeared on Sex and the City..."
79. [60] "That Italian-American actress."
80. [61] "Stefani was brought up in Anaheim, California, one of four children in a close-knit Irish-Italian, Roman Catholic family."
81. [62] "we found that there was a lot to like about this Italian beauty..."
82. [63] "As Stanley Tucci describes it, "everything always came back to being Italian.""
83. [64] "Italian-American Turturro"
84. [65] "I'm Italian. I make big points" [66] "I’m Italian—I’m too selfish to ever kill myself"
85. [67] "And also, as an Italian-American woman - which I'm very proud to be - I like that in The Sopranos you come from one side of the block, I come from the other."
86. [68] "floppy-thin Irish-Italian"
87. [69] "http://www.superiorpics.com/david_caruso/"
88. [70]
89. [71] "Half-African American, half-Italian"
90. [72]
91. [73] "LR: How can you be Italian with a name like Lauper? CL: Lauper's my father's name. He's German and Swiss and my mom's Italian. So I'm German, Swiss and Sicilian. Kinda like cold cuts. [laughs] The German and the Italian in me are always fighting and the Swiss guy in the middle is goin', "OK, let's talk here. Everybody calm down." [both laugh]"
92. 'Leno' - [74] "he's Italian and Scottish" [75] "KING: Who had the chin, mom or dad? J. LENO: I guess that's from the Scotch side of the family. Yeah, that would probably be more of the Scotch side, my mom. My mom was Scottish. My father was Italian. Which is a wonderful area for comedy as a kid..."
93. [76] "From Connie Francis to Madonna: Italian American Female Singers Come of Age"
94. [77]
95. [78] "Well, I'm Italian, I'm dark, Sicilian, so they see the Mafia guy, or I could be a cop."
96. [79] "We were made from the same stuff, homegrown Hoboken Italian-America... Who's sorry now, us Italians".
97. [80]
98. [81]
99. [82] "As an Italian who has become an American citizen, I felt profoundly embarrassed ..."
100. [83] "We're both Italian so we both kind of have that fire."
101. [84]
102. [85] "“Steve Schirripa is the best Italian writer since Maya Angelou and I’m not just saying that because he has a gun to my head . . . okay, yes I am.” -- Chris Rock"
103. [86] "Although the Italian side of his lineage is what he is most recognised for, Travolta himself sees it differently. He told Plus Magazine recently, "The emotional, romantic, whimsical part of me is Irish. Spiritually, I probably feel more like an Irishman - that's where my heart is." He went on, "The feelings I have for food and dance is probably the Italian side of me. I have the sexuality of an Italian but I think the Irish are very sexy too. I grew up in an all-Irish neighbourhood and it was as sexual as anything.""
104. [87]
105. 'Van Zandt' - [88] "I am Italian. Springsteen's mostly Italian, too. We're both Italians with Dutch names, one of the many things we have in common. My mother remarried when I was young, and my stepfather adopted me."
106. 'Vella' - [89] "Vinny Vella has also appeared on episodes of top-rated TV shows like The Sopranos and Law & Order`as well as 25 TV commercials for ESPN alongside fellow Italian-American actor Joe Rigano..."
107. [90] "Italian Bad Boy Chuck Zito"
108. [91] "the handsome Irish-Italian actor..."
109. [92] "Behar opts for thin but entertaining enough anecdotes about her Italian-American family..." [93] "Behar describes herself as an "Italian Catholic."
110. [94] "The part-Italian actor defended the parts, saying: "The characters I play are real. So they have as much right to be portrayed as any other characters." His citizenship ceremony was postponed after objections from US-based group the Order of Sons of Italy. Speaking at the Venice Film Festival, he said: "I'm part Italian, part Dutch, part French, part German and part Irish, but I probably identify more with my Italian side than any other parts. "Italy is such a great and wonderful country, I'm very proud and honoured to be asked to be a citizen.""
111. [95] "Yes, but I am an Italian man and that never will pass my lips. We still see each other every once in a while."
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114. [98] "I am six-foot-three and Italian"
115. [99] "She was even voted the Italian-American Welfare League's Woman of the Year" [100] "My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans."
116. [101]"I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me." [102]
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123. [109] "Susan Sarandon, Bruce Springsteen, and Ann Bancroft are Italian American"
124. [110] "The youngest member of an Italian family teeming with artistic gifts, she was born Talia Rose Coppola on April 25, 1946 - plunging her into an environment dominated by masculinity, especially a masculine struggle for achievement. Both of her parents were first-generation Italian-Americans, the children of immigrants who left Italy for the United States around the turn of the century."
125. [111] "Hazlewood recognised that there was too much Doris Day in Nancy and not enough Janis Joplin. Here was a girl, after all, who left college in the Sixties "to marry and have sex because I was raised Catholic and Italian"."
126. [112]"Susan Sarandon, Bruce Springsteen, and Ann Bancroft are Italian American."
127. [113] "stoic Italian-American actor"
128. [114] "This voluptuous dark-haired Italian beauty was named Playmate of the Year in May '68..."
129. F. Murray Abraham, Oscar Winner, Seeks Tolerance Through Arts
130. The Italian Americans II: A Beautiful Song
131. Frankie Avalon Hits Hertel
132. Here's to Anne Bancroft (1931-2005)
133. Italian-American Actors
134. Meyer: Hero or Anti-Hero?
135. John Cazale
136. Goodbye, Columbus Gary Susman
137. Bobby Darin
138. James Darren
139. Dom DeLuise
140. The Connie Francis Story
141. Between Action and Cut
142. This Jewish boy's life will make you laugh (and get a bit verklempt?) Mick LaSalle
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144. [116] "Paula Prentiss. Italian-American Texan"
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147. WLIW21 Celebrates Family, Tradition and Amore in THE ITALIAN AMERICANS
148. Billy Barty:Born a GIANT
149. Italian American Contributions
150. Anthony Franciosa Pat Saperstein
151. Italian-American Actors
152. ItalActors: 101 Years of Italian Actors in U.S. Entertainment, , Michael, Bacarella, The National Italian American Foundation, ,
153. ITALIAN-AMERICAN SINGERS AND MUSIC
154. Al Lettieri
155. Adriana Caselotti Doug Galloway
156. Michael Bennett (Di Figlia) wins Pulitzer Prize for “A Chorus Line,” and other Italian American contributions to the world of dancing
157. ITALIAN AMERICANS
158. Iron Eyes Cody
159. Russ Columbo, the first in a long line of impressive popular male singers that includes Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin, and Tony Bennett
160. Abbott, Costello & Jack