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Moriarty was born November 29, 1960, in The Bronx borough of New York City, [3] the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants Catherine, a homemaker, and John Moriarty, a warehouse worker. [4] She was raised in Yonkers, New York, where she attended Lincoln High School. [3] When she was 18 years old, her friends urged her to enter a bathing-beauty ...
Bronx-born character actress Cathy Moriarty was just 18 years old, fresh out of high school and had no idea that her life was about to change. Joe Pesci discovered her competing in a bathing-beauty contest at a bar.
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- The Bronx, New York, USA
Bronx-born character actress Cathy Moriarty was just 18 years old, fresh out of high school and had no idea that her life was about to change. Joe Pesci discovered her competing in a bathing-beauty contest at a bar.
- November 29, 1960
Nov 13, 2020 · Cathy Moriarty was only 17 when Martin Scorsese cast her opposite the then-35-year-old Robert De Niro, who burrowed deep into the trouble psyche of his character, real-life boxer Jake LaMotta.
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- Ethan Alter
Aged just 19 at the time the film was shot, and with no other film credits to her name, Moriarty’s Raging Bull experience would seem to have been every aspiring actor’s dream come true. Unfortunately, the young Hollywood newcomer would soon find out the hard way that “nobody likes an overnight success in this town.”.
Nov 16, 2020 · Cathy Moriarty was only 17 when Martin Scorsese cast her opposite the then-35-year-old Robert De Niro, who burrowed deep into the trouble psyche of his character, real-life boxer Jake...
Cathy Moriarty is an American actress whose career spans five decades. Born and raised in New York City, she made her acting debut opposite Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull (1980), for which she received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion ...