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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Italian American actors or must have references showing they are Italian American actors and are notable.

The list is currently organized chronologically, listing all Italian American actors by birth date periods.

2000s 1990s -- 1980s -- 1970s -- 1960s -- 1950s -- 1940s -- 1930s -- 1920s -- 1910s -- 1900s -- 1890s -- 1880s

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

  • Ray Abruzzo (1954- ) television actor (The Sopranos)
  • Sharon Angela (1958- ) television actress (The Sopranos)
  • Michael Badalucco (1954- ) film actor (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
  • Danny Bonaduce (1959- ) television actor (The Partridge Family) [81]
  • Elizabeth Bracco (1959- ) Italian father and English mother- television actress(The Sopranos)
  • Lorraine Bracco (1954- ) Italian father and English mother- Academy Award-nominated actress (The Sopranos, Goodfellas) [82]
  • Steve Buscemi (1957- ) Italian father and Irish mother- actor (Fargo, Reservoir Dogs) [83]
  • Joseph Cali (1950- ) film actor (Saturday Night Fever)
  • David Caruso (1956- ) Italian father and Irish mother- film/television actor (CSI: Miami) [84]
  • Vincent Curatola (1953- ) television actor (The Sopranos)
  • Beverly D'Angelo (1951- ) 25% Italian blood- film actress (Vacation)
  • Tony Danza (1951- ) actor/talk show host (Who's The Boss, Family Law) [85]
  • Robert Davi (1951- ) film actor (The Goonies)
  • Michael DeLorenzo (1959- ) Italian father and Puerto Rican mother- television/film actor (New York Undercover)
  • Vincent D'Onofrio (1959 -) son of Sicilian parents- film/television actor and director(Full Metal Jacket, Law and Order: Criminal Intent)[86][87]
  • Giancarlo Esposito (1958 - ) Italian father and African American mother- film actor [88]
  • Lou Ferrigno (1951- ) bodybuilder and actor (The Hulk) [89]
  • Joseph Gannascoli (1959- ) television actor (The Sopranos)
  • Hulk Hogan (Terry Gino Bollea) (1953- ) 75% Italian and 25% French- wrestler and film actor (Rocky III)
  • Anjelica Huston (1951- ) Italian mother and Irish father- film actress (Prizzi's Honor)
  • Renee Jones (1958 - ) Italian mother and African American father- soap opera actress (Days of our Lives)
  • Anthony LaPaglia (1959 - ) 50% Italian, 25% Spanish and 25% Dutch- film/television actor
  • Cyndi Lauper (1953 - ) Italian mother and Swiss father- singer and actress- (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun) [90]
  • Jay Leno (1950 - ) Italian father and Scottish mother- comedian, former actor, known as host of The Tonight Show[91]
  • Madonna (Ciccone) (1958- ) 50% Italian, 25% French Canadian and 25% German- singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, entertainer (Dick Tracy) [92]
  • Ed Marinaro (1950- ) actor and former football player [93]
  • Chazz Palminteri (1952- ) film actor (A Bronx Tale) [94]
  • Joe Pantoliano (1951 - ) film/television actor (The Sopranos) [95]
  • Joe Penny (1956 - ) Italian mother and English father- television actor
  • Joe Piscopo (1951 - ) actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live) [96]
  • Jon Polito (1950 - ) Italian father and American mother- actor (The Honeymooners)
  • Ray Romano (1957 - ) actor and comedian (Everybody Loves Raymond) [85]
  • Isabella Rossellini (1952- ) Italian father and Swedish mother- Italian born actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, model [97]
  • James Russo (1953 - ) film/television actor (Donnie Brasco)
  • Rene Russo (1954 - ) film actress/model (Lethal Weapon 3, The Thomas Crown Affair) [98]
  • Randy Savage (Randall Mario Poffo) (1952 - ) Italian father and Jewish mother- wrestler and actor
  • Jack Scalia (1950-) television actor (The Genius Club)
  • Steve Schirripa (1957 - ) television actor and writer (The Sopranos) [99]
  • Connie Sellecca (Sellecchia) (1955 - ) actress [100]
  • Gary Sinise (1955 - ) 25% Italian blood- actor (CSI: NY)
  • Rocco Sisto (1953 - ) actor (The Sopranos)
  • Frank Sivero (LoGiudice) (1952- ) Italian born actor (Goodfellas)
  • Joseph Siravo (1958- ) film/television actor (The Sopranos)
  • John Travolta (1954 - ) Italian father and Irish mother- Academy Award-nominated actor, singer, dancer (Grease, Saturday Night Fever) [101]
  • John Turturro (1957 - ) actor, cousin of Aida Turturro (The Good Shepherd, The Bronx Is Burning) [102]
  • Steven Van Zandt (Lento) (1950 - ) musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, actor, and disc jockey (The Sopranos)[103]
  • Vinny Vella (1950 - ) actor and part time comedian[104]
  • Diane Venora (1952 - ) actress
  • Chuck Zito (1957 - ) member of the New York chapter of the Hells Angels, amateur boxer, martial artist, celebrity bodyguard, stuntman and actor [105]

1940s

  • Marc Alaimo (1942-) television/film actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) [106]
  • Armand Assante (1949- ) Italian father and Irish mother- film/television actor (Mambo Kings)[107]
  • Joy Behar (Josephina Ochiuto) (1943- ) actress, comedian, co-host of The View[108]
  • Robert De Niro (1943- ) 25% Italian blood- two time Academy Award-winning American film actor, director, producer and founder of the Tribeca Film Festival (Goodfellas)[109]
  • Danny DeVito (1944- ) actor, director, Oscar nominated producer (Matilda) [110]
  • Dennis Farina (1944- ) film/television actor (Get Shorty) [111]
  • Annette Funicello (1942- ) actress, was Walt Disney's most popular Mouseketeer[85]
  • Bruno Kirby (Quidaciolu) (1949-2006) film actor (The Godfather II)
  • Frank Langella (1940 - ) stage and film actor (Lolita)[112]
  • Susan Lucci (1948 - ) 75% Italian and 25% Swedish- Daytime Emmy Award winning actress, who has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" and "The Queen of Daytime"[113]
  • Patti LuPone (1949 - ) singer and actress[114]
  • Joe Mantegna (1947- ) film/television actor (The Godfather III)[85]
  • Penny Marshall (Marsciarelli) (1942- ) Italian father and Scottish mother—actress, producer and director, sister of Garry Marshall [115]
  • Liza Minelli (1946- ) Italian father and American mother- singer and actress
  • Arthur Nascarella (1942- ) son of Sicilian parents- film/ television actor (The Sopranos)
  • Don Novello (1943- ) Italian father and Irish mother- film/television actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)
  • Al Pacino (1940 - ) son of Sicilian parents- Academy Award-winning film actor (The Godfather)[85]
  • Vincent Pastore (1946 - ) film/television actor, often cast as a mobster (The Sopranos)[116]
  • Joe Pesci (1943 - ) Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer who is often typecast as a violent mobster or funnyman (Goodfellas, Casino)[117]
  • Frank Pellegrino (1942 - ) television actor
  • Bernadette Peters (Lazzara) (1948 - ) actress and singer[118]
  • Ann Prentiss (Ragusa) (1941 - ) film/television actress- sister of Paula Prentiss
  • Michael Richards (1949- ) Italian mother and English father- television actor (Seinfeld)
  • Susan Sarandon (1946 - ) Italian mother and American father- Academy Award-winning film actress (Thelma and Louise)[119]
  • Vincent Schiavelli (1948-2005) film actor
  • Talia Shire (1946 - ) film actress, sister of Francis Ford Coppola (Rocky)[120]
  • Nancy Sinatra (1940 - ) singer and actress, daughter of Frank Sinatra[121]
  • Bruce Springsteen (1949 - ) 50% Italian, 25% Irish and 25% Dutch- singer and actor[122]
  • Sylvester Stallone (1946 - ) 50% Italian, 25% Russian and 25% French- film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (Rocky)[123]
  • Tony Sirico (1942 - ) film/television actor (The Sopranos)
  • Victoria Vetri (1944 - ) model and actress[124]
  • Burt Young (DeLuise) (1940- ) film actor (Rocky)

1930s

  • Danny Aiello (1933 - ) film/television actor[125]
  • Alan Alda (1936 - ) actor, writer, director and political activist. Alda is of Italian and Irish descent. [125]
  • Frankie Avalon (Avallone) (1939 - ) actor and teen idol in the 1950s and early 1960s[126]
  • Anne Bancroft (Italiano) (1931 - 2005) Academy Award-winning actress[127]
  • Robert Blake (Gubitosi) (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[128]
  • Joseph Bologna (1934 - ) film/television actor[129]
  • Sonny Bono (1935 - 1998) son of Sicilian parents- actor and pop singer (Airplane II)
  • Victor Buono (1938 - 1982) Italian father and German mother - film and television actor, poet
  • Carmine Caridi (1934- ) film actor (The Godfather Part III)
  • Richard S. Castellano (1933-1988) film actor (The Godfather)
  • John Cazale (1935 - 1978) film actor (The Godfather)[130]
  • Dominic Chianese (1931 - ) television actor (The Sopranos)[131]
  • Bobby Darin (Cassoto) (1936 - 1973) actor, singer and one of the most popular rock and roll American teen idols of the 1950s[132]
  • James Darren (Ercolani) (1936 - ) television and film actor, television director, and singer[133]
  • Dom DeLuise (1933 - 2009) comic actor[134]
  • Jane Fonda (1937 - ) actress- her father had 1/16 Italian blood.
  • Connie Francis (Franconero) (1938 - ) actress and pop singer, known for her 1957 hit "Who's Sorry Now?"[135]
  • Ben Gazzara (1930 - ) film/television actor[136]
  • Morgana King (1930 - ) (Maria Grazia Morgana Messina DeBerardini) film actress (The Godfather)
  • Richard Libertini (1933 - ) an American stage, film and television actor known for playing numerous character roles (Popeye)
  • Tony LoBianco (1936 - ) film actor (The French Connection)
  • Robert Loggia (1930 - ) son of Sicilian parents- film actor
  • Garry Marshall (Marsciarelli) (1934 - ) Italian father and Scottish mother—actor, director, and writer- brother of Penny Marshall[137]
  • Sal Mineo (1939 - 1976) actor and theater director, famous for his Academy Award-nominated performance opposite James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause[138]
  • Paula Prentiss (Ragusa) (1938 - ) film actress[139]
  • Alex Rocco (Petricone) (1936 - ) film actor (The Godfather)
  • Reni Santoni (1939 - ) 50% Italian, 25% French and 25% Spanish- film actor (Dirty Harry)
  • John Saxon (Orrico) (1936 - ) film actor
  • Paul Sorvino (1939 - ) actor, father of Mira Sorvino [140]
  • Joe Spinell (Spagnulo) (1936-1989) film actor (The Godfather II)
  • Connie Stevens (Ingolia) (1938 - ) Italian father and Irish mother - actress and singer[141]
  • Frankie Valli (Castelluccio) (1934- ) singer and actor (The Sopranos)
  • Frank Vincent (Gattuso) (1939 - ) film/television actor (The Sopranos)
  • Joseph Viterelli (1937-2004) film actor (Analyze This)

1920s

1910s

1900s

  • Don Ameche (Amici) (1908 - 1993) Italian father and Irish-German mother- actor and director[152]
  • Argentina Brunetti (1907-2005) Italian born actress (It's a Wonderful Life)
  • Iron Eyes Cody (Espera Decorti) (1907 - 1999) actor, frequently played Native Americans[153]
  • 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[154]
  • Lou Costello (Cristillo) (1906 - 1959) 50% Italian, 25% French and 25% Irish blood- actor and comedian known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello[155]
  • Henry Fonda (1905-1982) 1/16 Italian blood- Academy Award- winning actor

1890s

  • Irene Bordani (1895- 1953) film actress- (Louisiana Purchase)
  • Frank Capra (1897-1991) actor and director (It's a Wonderful Life)
  • Jimmy Durante (1893-1980) actor and singer
  • Nita Naldi, (1897 – 1961) (Anita Donna Dooley) Italian mother and Irish father
  • Rudolph Valentino (1895 - 1926) born Rodolfo Alfonso Rafaello Piero Filiberto Gugliemi di Valentina, Hollywood's first sex symbol and the first "Latin Lover" (Italian father, Giovanni Antonio Giuseppe Fidele Guglielmi)

1880s

Non-Italian American actors

  • Ray Liotta (1954- ) film actor, adopted son of Italian father
  • Marlon Brando (1924-2004) film actor
  • Laura Benanti (1979- ) American actress, stepfather is of Italian descent
  • Lillo Brancato (1976- ) Colombian American actor, adopted son of Italian parents

Voice actors

The Godfather actors

The Sopranos actors

See also

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.

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  22. ^ [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 part Italian Catholic from New Jersey."
  23. ^ [2] "Oddly, the only top HBO series the Italian-American hasn't been on is The Sopranos."
  24. ^ [3] "Rachael is half Italian and refers to herself as Italian."
  25. ^ [4] "Although Italian-American by heritage, she said she had faked her way through the Venice festival by "speaking English with an Italian accent."
  26. ^ [5] "Andrea Donna de Matteo was born in Queens, Italian and Catholic."
  27. ^ [6] Note: "Only" his paternal grandfather was of Italian descent"
  28. ^ [7] "Well, I'm Italian, but my family isn't stereotypical."
  29. ^ [8] "Joey ended the interview saying that he was the 'most hung' of the group because "I'm Italian.""
  30. ^ [9] "I book myself. I don’t have an agent"
  31. ^ [10] "Italian"
  32. ^ [11]"Is of Italian, Norwegian and Native American descent."
  33. ^ ___Karen_Sisco_.shtml "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."
  34. ^ [12] "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."
  35. ^ [13] "Raised in an Italian Catholic home, Monaco is very close with her family, especially her great-grandmother."
  36. ^ [14] "The olive comes from my being half-Italian. And I'm a quarter Irish and a quarter Eastern Bloc country."
  37. ^ [15] "This grandson of acclaimed Italian sculptor Constantino Nivola began his acting career while still an undergraduate at Yale..."
  38. ^ [16] "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."
  39. ^ Rodriguez - [17] "The sweet and charming Puerto Rican-Italian actor from Long Island has become a pop icon..."
  40. ^ [18] "Is half Italian-Catholic and half Russian-Jewish."
  41. ^ This article is unavailable - HighBeam Research
  42. ^ [19] "Ethnicity: Italian/Portuguese"
  43. ^ Keck, William (2006-12-18). "Yo! Ventimiglia gets into the tough-guy act". USA Today. Retrieved 2006-12-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  44. ^ [20] "Kristian is 100 percent Italian. Her grandparents hail from the Calabria region of southern Italy."
  45. ^ [21] "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"
  46. ^ "[22] "I'm half Italian, and half German/Dutch. A little trivia for you all. My birth name is Matteo Battaglia, not Matt."
  47. ^ [23] "the half Polish-half Italian actress" [24] "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."
  48. ^ [25] "I know I'm not going to be a Chanel model. I have birthing hips. I'm Italian"
  49. ^ [26] "fellow Italian-American singer-actor"
  50. ^ [27] "He is Italian and Czechoslovakian"
  51. ^ [28] "Actor Nicolas Cage will be the first inductee into the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) new "Hall of Fame""
  52. ^ [29] "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."
  53. ^ [30] "Because I'm Italian, I tend to have a lot of darkness around my eyes"
  54. ^ Vincent, Mal (2002-08-09). "xXx". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 2008-03-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  55. ^ Wloszcyna, Susan (2004-06-04). "Vin Diesel, driving on a tankful of cool". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-03-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  56. ^ [31] "I'm half-Italian so my grandmother would say stuff like "You look awful but I don't mean that in a bad way.""
  57. ^ [32] ""I get a lot of scripts now for Italian mothers", she adds. "I'm only half-Italian.""
  58. ^ [33] "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."
  59. ^ [34] "What she really is is a Philadelphia-born, blue-collar, Italian-American Catholic with a knack for flaunting the rules."
  60. ^ The Guardian 1997
  61. ^ [35] "This half-Italian, half-Irish, New Jersey transplant..."
  62. ^ [36] "Italian-American scion of a Connecticut family..." [37] "Given his half-Italian father, Bart Giamatti... Irish mother, Toni, a high-school teacher"
  63. ^ Hall - said he was "Irish and Italian" on The Late Late Show (CBS TV series), can be seen at [38]
  64. ^ [39] "Is Italian-American"
  65. ^ [40] "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."
  66. ^ [41] "The National Italian American Foundation in Washington DC, recently honored LeBlanc for his contribution to the world of entertainment."
  67. ^ NIAF News Releases
  68. ^ [42] "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 side is 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 on my father's side. So, there's a little bit of temper in there." [43] "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 half Italian. "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.""
  69. ^ [44] "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."
  70. ^ [45]"Erik Palladino:...Is Italian-Armenian. "
  71. ^ [46] "Nationality: Italian/American"
  72. ^ [47] "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."
  73. ^ [48] "The Italian-American actress..."
  74. ^ [49] "This Italian-American, Brooklyn-bred actress..."
  75. ^ [50] "If Nick looks familiar, it's because this Italian stallion has appeared on Sex and the City..."
  76. ^ [51] "That Italian-American actress."
  77. ^ [52] "Stefani was brought up in Anaheim, California, one of four children in a close-knit Irish-Italian, Roman Catholic family."
  78. ^ [53] "we found that there was a lot to like about this Italian beauty..."
  79. ^ [54] "As Stanley Tucci describes it, "everything always came back to being Italian.""
  80. ^ [55] "Italian-American Turturro"
  81. ^ [56] "I'm Italian. I make big points" [57] "I’m Italian—I’m too selfish to ever kill myself"
  82. ^ [58] "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."
  83. ^ [59] "floppy-thin Irish-Italian"
  84. ^ [60] "http://www.superiorpics.com/david_caruso/"
  85. ^ a b c d e Italian American Actors
  86. ^ [commentary on The Whole Wide World]
  87. ^ 'Criminal Intent' detective to face personal trauma : Television : Ventura County Star
  88. ^ [61] "Half-African American, half-Italian"
  89. ^ NIAF News Monthly
  90. ^ [62] "LR: How can you be Italian with a name like Lauper? CL: Lauper's my father's name. He's Swiss and my mom's Italian. So I'm Swiss and Sicilian. Kinda like cold cuts. [laughs] The Italian in me is always fighting the Swiss in me', "OK, let's talk here. Everybody calm down." [both laugh]"
  91. ^ Leno - [63] "he's Italian and Scottish" [64] "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..."
  92. ^ [65] "From Connie Francis to Madonna: Italian American Female Singers Come of Age"
  93. ^ Italian American web site of new york - Italian American Football Players
  94. ^ [66] "Well, I'm Italian, I'm dark, Sicilian, so they see the Mafia guy, or I could be a cop."
  95. ^ [67] "We were made from the same stuff, homegrown Hoboken Italian-America... Who's sorry now, us Italians".
  96. ^ Italian American Museum
  97. ^ [68] "As an Italian who has become an American citizen, I felt profoundly embarrassed ..."
  98. ^ [69] "We're both Italian so we both kind of have that fire."
  99. ^ [70] "“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"
  100. ^ NIAF News Releases
  101. ^ [71] "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.""
  102. ^ 403 Forbidden
  103. ^ Van Zandt - [72] "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."
  104. ^ Vella - [73] "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..."
  105. ^ [74] "Italian Bad Boy Chuck Zito"
  106. ^ [75] "...son of Italian immigrants (coming from Puglia and Sicily)"
  107. ^ [76] "the handsome Irish-Italian actor..."
  108. ^ [77] "Behar opts for thin but entertaining enough anecdotes about her Italian-American family..." [78] "Behar describes herself as an "Italian Catholic."
  109. ^ [79] "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.""
  110. ^ [80] "Yes, but I am an Italian man and that never will pass my lips. We still see each other every once in a while."
  111. ^ Fametracker :: Hey! It's That Guy! :: Dennis Farina
  112. ^ [81] "I am six-foot-three and Italian"
  113. ^ [82] "She was even voted the Italian-American Welfare League's Woman of the Year" [83] "My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans."
  114. ^ [84]"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." [85]
  115. ^ Italian Heritage: Italian American Woman
  116. ^ The Official Web Site of Vincent Pastore
  117. ^ Joe Pesci - Yahoo! Movies
  118. ^ NIAF MileStones
  119. ^ [86] "Susan Sarandon, Bruce Springsteen, and Ann Bancroft are Italian American"
  120. ^ [87] "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."
  121. ^ [88] "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"."
  122. ^ [89]"Susan Sarandon, Bruce Springsteen, and Ann Bancroft are Italian American."
  123. ^ [90] "stoic Italian-American actor"
  124. ^ __2510?____ghwgnumperpage=2075 "This voluptuous dark-haired Italian beauty was named Playmate of the Year in May '68..."
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  138. ^ 1955 Academy Awards Winners and History
  139. ^ [91] "Paula Prentiss. Italian-American Texan"
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  141. ^ Order Sons of Italy in America
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  151. ^ "Michael Bennett (Di Figlia) wins Pulitzer Prize for "A Chorus Line," and other Italian American contributions to the world of dancing". The National Italian American Foundation. Retrieved 2006-11-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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