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Henry Hill Jr. was born on June 11, 1943, in the New York City borough of Manhattan to Henry Hill Sr., an Irish-American electrician, and Carmela Costa, an Italian immigrant of Sicilian descent. [2] Hill claimed in the book Wiseguy that his father had emigrated from Ireland at age 12 after the death of Hill's grandfather. [3]
In 1955, teenager Henry Hill becomes enamored by the criminal life and Mafia presence in his working-class Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn.He begins working for local caporegime Paulie Cicero and his associates Jimmy Conway, an Irish-American truck hijacker and gangster, and Tommy DeVito, a fellow juvenile delinquent.
Karen B. Friedman Hill (née Friedman; born January 16, 1946) [1] is an American woman known for her involvement in the American Mafia through her husband Henry Hill, who was an associate of the Lucchese crime family. The events of their lives were chronicled in the 1990 film Goodfellas and several books. [2]
Following his turn in Jonathan Demme’s 1986 film “Something Wild,” playing Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas” was the moment that many moviegoers first discovered his complex
For Goodfellas, De Niro’s mob ... Robert De Niro as Jimmy Conway and Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in a scene from Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (Warner Bros) De Niro was a “generous” boss, he said.
Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family is a 1985 non-fiction book by crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi that chronicles the life of Henry Hill, a Mafia associate turned informant. The book is the basis for the 1990 Oscar –winning film Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese .
Goodfellas director Martin Scorsese has revealed that Ray Liotta almost wasn't cast in the role of Henry Hill in the mob drama.
On the Run: A Mafia Childhood by Gregg & Gina Hill (2004) Gangsters and Goodfellas: Wiseguys...and Life on the Run by Henry Hill & Gus Russo (2005) Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi (1990) ISBN 0-671-72322-7; Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball by David Porter (2000) Lufthansa Heist by Daniel Simone and ...