First Name
Vincent
Last Name
Gardenia
Date of Birth
07 January 1922
Build
Average
Hair Color
Salt and Pepper
Place of Birth
Naples, Italy
Star Sign
Capricorn
Date of Death
09 December 1992
Place of Death
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death
Heart Attack
Ethnicity
White
Religion
Roman Catholic
Gender
Male
Nationality
American
Wikipedia Text
Vincent Gardenia (January 7, 1920 – December 9, 1992) was an Italian American stage, film, and television actor.
Couple Profile
Gardenia was born Vincenzo Scognamiglio in Naples, Italy, the son of Elisa and Gennaro Gardenia Scognamiglio. After emigrating to the United States as a child, he lived most of his life in Brooklyn, New York.
In 1972, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The Prisoner of Second Avenue and in 1979 he was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Ballroom. In film, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Bang the Drum Slowly and Moonstruck.
In television, Gardenia won the 1990 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for Age-Old Friends. Among his best remembered TV roles is his portrayal of Frank Lorenzo, Archie Bunker`s neighbor on All in the Family (1973-74).
Gardenia died of a heart attack in Philadelphia in 1992, aged 70. He is interred in Saint Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. The section of 16th Avenue between Cropsey Avenue and Shore Parkway in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, where he lived until his death, was renamed Vincent Gardenia Boulevard in his honor.
Couple Profile Source
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Gardenia
Full Name at Birth
Vincenzo Scognamiglio
Count - Awards
3
Age
70
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