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Danny Aiello
Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was an American actor. He appeared in numerous motion pictures, including The Godfather Part II (1974), The Front (1976), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Hide in Plain Sight (1984), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Moonstruck (1987), Harlem Nights (1989), Do the Right Thing (1989), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Hudson Hawk (1991), Ruby (1992), Léon: The Professional (1994), 2…
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entertainment · American actor (1933–2019) · voice actor · character actor · film actor · stage actor · television actor · actor · singer · also Danny Aiello, Daniel Louis "Danny" Aiello, Jr., Daniel Louis Aiello Jr., Aiello
Born 20 June 1933 · Died 12 December 2019 · Q299314
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2019· 4 entries
At age 86, at a hospital in New Jersey, following a brief illness
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Died 2019-12-12.
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Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2019).
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2014· 1 entry
Aiello published his autobiography, I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else: My Life on the Street, on the Stage, and in the Movies via Simon & Schuster
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2011· 1 entry
Jazz: Danny Aiello
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2010· 1 entry
He was the father of stuntman and actor Danny Aiello III, who died in 2010 of pancreatic cancer.
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2008· 1 entry
Released album “Live from Atlantic City”.
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “I Just Wanted to Hear the Words”.
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2002· 1 entry
Aiello starred in Elaine May's comedic play, Adult Entertainment alongside May's daughter, Jeannie Berlin
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1993· 1 entry
Although Aiello harbored a resentment of his father's conduct
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1981· 2 entries
Aiello starred in Woody Allen's play The Floating Light Bulb alongside Beatrice Arthur
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Aiello won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming for his appearance in an ABC Afterschool Special called A Family of Strangers
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1977· 1 entry
Originated the role of Fran Geminiani in the long-running play Gemini
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1976).
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1967· 1 entry
Presided over an unsanctioned wildcat strike when the company changed bus driver schedules
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1945· 1 entry
Is a semi-autobiographical tale of a lower middle class family living in Brooklyn, New York City
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1933· 1 entry
Born 1933-06-20.
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