Vincent Gardenia

Infobox Actor
name = Vincent Gardenia


caption =
birthname = Vincenzo Scognamiglio
birthdate = birth date|1922|1|7|mf=y
birthplace = Naples, Italy
deathdate = death date and age|1992|12|9|1922|1|7|mf=y
deathplace = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
emmyawards = Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries/Movie
1990 "Age-Old Friends"
tonyawards = Best Featured Actor in a Play
1972 "The Prisoner of Second Avenue"

Vincent Gardenia (January 7 1922 – December 9 1992) was an American award-winning stage, film, and television actor.

Biography

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.

Filmography

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