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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. 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."
- January 1, 1
- Naples, Campania, Italy
- January 1, 1
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
He was born in Naples, Italy, the son of Elisa (Ausiello) and Gennaro Gardenia Scognamiglio, an actor/manager. His family moved to the United States in 1922, settling in Brooklyn, where his father founded an Italian-language based acting troupe.
- January 7, 1920
- December 9, 1992
- Alexandra Schonfeld
- Rick Moranis as Seymour. When Rick Moranis stepped into the role of Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, the actor already had years of experience under his belt after first being featured on Second City Television (SCTV) in 1980.
- Ellen Greene as Audrey. Ellen Greene had appeared on the screen and on stage before she landed the on-screen role of Audrey in the 1986 film — including both the Off-Off and Off-Broadway productions.
- Vincent Gardenia as Mushnik. Prior to landing the role of Mushnik in the film, Vincent Gardenia had already won a Tony Award for his performance in 1972’s The Prisoner of Second Avenue as well as an Oscar nod for 1973’s Bang the Drum Slowly.
- Levi Stubbs as Audrey II. Many were already familiar with Levi Stubbs’ voice when he lent it to the film as the voice of Audrey II — the blood-thirsty plant — as he was the lead singer of The Four Tops starting in the 1950s.
Dec 8, 1974 · Born in Naples, Vincent Gardenia came to this country when he was 2; three years later he was playing an orphaned shoe‐shine boy in his father's Italian‐language theater company, one of many ...
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Dec 9, 1992 · January 7, 1922 — December 9, 1992 • 70 y.o. (102) Early life. Career. Death. Television. Gardenia's other notable feature films include Murder Inc. (1960), The Hustler (1961), The Front Page (1974), Greased Lightning (1977), Heaven Can Wait (1978), and The Super (1991).
Gardenia was born Vincent Scognamiglio in Naples, Italy, but he was raised in New York from the age of two. Once in the Big Apple, his father founded an Italian-language theater troupe and it is with them that Gardenia learned his craft.
