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Vincent Gardenia (born Vincenzo Scognamiglio; January 7, 1920 – December 9, 1992) was an Italian-American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor , first for Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and again for Moonstruck (1987).
Vincent Gardenia(1920-1992) He was honored twice off-Broadway with Distinguished Performance OBIE Award, first in 1960 for "Machinal" and again in 1969 for "Passing Through From Exotic Places." In 1972 he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a play for "Prisoner on 2nd Avenue." In 1979 he was nominated for Best Actor in a musical for ...
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Vincent Gardenia. Actor: Moonstruck. He was honored twice off-Broadway with Distinguished Performance OBIE Award, first in 1960 for "Machinal" and again in 1969 for "Passing Through From Exotic Places." In 1972 he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a play for "Prisoner on 2nd Avenue." In 1979 he was nominated for Best Actor in a musical for "Ballroom." Gardenia was twice nominated ...
- January 7, 1920
- December 9, 1992
Dec 10, 1992 · Mr. Gardenia, whose original name was Vincent Scognamiglio, was born in Naples. He took his professional name from his father, an actor and manager named Gennaro Gardenia Scognamiglio.
Dec 10, 1992 · Vincent Gardenia, 71, the Italian-born character actor who had an award-winning career on stage, in films and on television, was found dead Dec. 9 in his room at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in ...
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Vincent Gardenia was an Italian-American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, first for Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and again for Moonstruck (1987). He also portrayed Det. Frank Ochoa in Death Wish (1974) and its 1982 sequel, Death Wish II, and played Mr. Mushnik in the musical film adaptation Little Shop of Horrors (1986).
Dec 11, 1992 · AP. PHILADELPHIA - Vincent Gardenia, the award-winning actor who strived for variety during his 65 years in stage, television and film, died Wednesday of a heart attack at age 71. Mr. Gardenia earned Oscar nominations for roles as a baseball manager in "Bang the Drum Slowly" in 1973 and as the patriarch of a quirky Brooklyn family in the 1987 ...
