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Thomas DeSimone was born in New York City, New York, on June 6, 1946.He had two sisters, Dolores and Phyllis, and two brothers, Robert and Anthony. Both of his brothers were associates of the Gambino crime family; Anthony was murdered by mobster Thomas Agro in 1979.
Henry Hill Jr. (June 11, 1943 – June 12, 2012) was an American mobster who was associated with the Lucchese crime family of New York City from 1955 until 1980, when he was arrested on narcotics charges and became an FBI informant.
She was born in New York City and raised on Long Island in Lawrence, Nassau County, New York, part of the Five Towns, [3] the daughter of Jewish parents. [4]In 1965, Karen Friedman met Henry Hill through Paul Vario, who insisted that Hill accompany his son on a double date at Frank "Frankie the Wop" Manzo's restaurant, Villa Capra.
Goodfellas (stylized as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical gangster film [5] directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy .
William "Billy Batts" Bentvena (February 22, 1933 – June 11, 1970), also known as William Devino, [2] was an American mobster with the Gambino crime family who was a longtime friend of John Gotti in the 1960s.
In 1981, Tolbert competed for the CBS team on Battle of the Network Stars. [8] In 1983, Tolbert starred in the Maya Angelou play On A Southern Journey. [9] Following the cancellation of The Jeffersons in 1985, Tolbert appeared in films including Harlem Nights, Goodfellas, and Patriot Games, and television shows including ER, Six Feet Under, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. [10]
Paul Vario was born on July 10, 1914, in New York City. [1] He grew up in South Brooklyn's Old Mill section. [2] In 1925, at age 11, Vario was sentenced to seven months in juvenile detention for truancy.
1990 Goodfellas as Mrs. DeVito, Tommy's Mother; 1990 The Godfather Part III as Woman In Cafe #1; 1991 Cape Fear as Fruitstand Customer; 1993 The Age of Innocence as Elderly Woman At Jersey City Station (uncredited) 1994 Men Lie as Granddaughter Witness; 1995 Casino as Piscano's Mother (final film role)