List of Italian American entertainers

This is a List of Italian American entertainers.

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

Contents

Actors

See List of Italian American actors.

Composers and conductors

Fashion models

Theater directors

Movie directors and producers

Television personalities

Musicians

See also List of Sicilian-American jazz musicians

Songwriters

Singers

Stand-up comedians

Adult movie stars

Adult models

Professional wrestlers

Entertainers who can't be categorized

References

  1. ^ [1]"ITALIAN AMERICANS IN POPULAR MUSIC ...Four-time Academy Award and 20-time Grammy and Gold Record winner Henry Mancini is remembered for his classic "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. He also wrote the scores for 80 other movies, including the Pink Panther series, The Days of Wine and Roses and Victor-Victoria. Born in 1924 in Ohio, he was a child prodigy who mastered the piccolo, flute, and piano by the time he was 12. His break came when he scored the theme music to Peter Gunn, a popular TV series of the early1960s. Mancini died of pancreatic cancer in 1994. He was 70 years old. "
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  3. ^ [3]"Suzette Charles, born Suzette De Gaetano, was the first Italian American to win the Miss America title as the second runner up and replaced Vanessa Williams in the 1984 contest."
  4. ^ Noted as one of several Italian Americans at [4]; [5] "Russ Columbo was born January 14, 1908, in Camden, New Jersey, the twelfth child of Italian immigrants Nicola and Giulia"
  5. ^ [6]"ITALIAN AMERICANS IN POPULAR MUSIC...Born Alfred Cucozza in Philadelphia in 1921, Mario Lanza, took his mother's name as his stage name and became the first vocalist to sell 2.5 million albums and the first singer to receive a gold disc for his recording of "Be My Love.""
  6. ^ Perry - [7] "The 54-year-old rock guitarist grew up in Hopedale in an Italian-Portuguese family and said a passion for food is “in my blood.'’"
  7. ^ Taylor Swift - http://ethnicelebs.com/taylor-swift "Swift has an ancestor named Charles G. Baldi who was born in Italy in 1860."
  8. ^ Van Zandt - [8] "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."
  9. ^ (half Italian)[9] "Nationality: Mexican/Italian"
  10. ^ [10] "TVG: So you're ready to become a Mafia princess? Mikalah: I am. I'm a good Italian girl!"
  11. ^ Reed, Lou (August 2001). "Cyndi Lauper and Lou Reed". Interview. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_8_31/ai_77336634. Retrieved 8 March 2010. 
  12. ^ Orrico - [11] "The Italian-American songstress..."
  13. ^ Taylor Swift - http://ethnicelebs.com/taylor-swift "Swift has an ancestor named Charles G. Baldi who was born in Italy in 1860."