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- Joe Giudice was born on 22 May 1970 in Sala Consilina, Salerno, Italy. He was previously married to Teresa Giudice.
- Massimo Pio Giunto was born on 15 October 2007 in Salerno, Italy. He is an actor, known for DI4RIES (2022) and Volare!.
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Sydney Sibilia was born on 19 November 1981 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2014), Rose Island (2020) and Mixed by Erry (2023).- Giuliana de Sio was born on 2 April 1956 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. She is an actress, known for La piovra (1984), The Pool Hustlers (1983) and The Wicked (1991).
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Paki Meduri was born on 2 August 1972 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. He is a production designer and art director, known for Suburra (2015), Gomorrah (2014) and Alaska (2015).- Although Frank Nitti has gotten the reputation over the years as the right-hand man of gangster Al Capone and a feared killer in his own right, this has actually proven not to be the case. Although Nitti and Capone were as youths in New York City both members of the Five Points Gang--one of the most notorious of the city's many violent street gangs at the turn of the century--they apparently were in the gang at different times and didn't know each other. It wasn't until Nitti later moved to Chicago, where Capone was already established as a major gangland figure, that the two became acquainted. Nitti ran a barber shop from where he peddled bootleg liquor and where various denizens of the neighborhood would fence stolen property. He had a knack for smuggling whiskey from Canada to Chicago and distributing it throughout the city, a talent that brought him to Capone's attention. He was subsequently brought into the Capone mob, where he did indeed become "Big Al's" right-hand man. When Capone went to prison for income-tax evasion in 1929, Nitti was installed as head of the Capone mob by Paul "The Waiter" Ricca, who was the real power in Chicago's gangland hierarchy. Nitti's position was solely as a frontman, to take the spotlight off Ricca and the other gangsters who actually ran things; he had no real power and his "orders" were usually countermanded by Ricca, who--unlike Nitti--was a member of the Commission, a "board of directors" of Mafia crime families.
Nitti did manage to get into trouble on his own, though. In late December of 1932 he had a run-in with a gangster named Ted Newberry, who was running what used to be the George Moran (aka "Bugs" Moran) / Charles Dion O'Bannion gang. Newberry, it was rumored, had Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak on his payroll and vowed to get Nitti. Shortly afterward two Chicago detectives showed up at Nitti's office, sent there by Cermak to arrest him, and a few minutes later a gunfight erupted, during which one of the detectives was shot in the hand and Nitti himself was badly wounded and almost died; he spent several months in the hospital. When he recovered he was put on trial for the attempted murder of the officers. However, at the trial it came out that the detectives had been paid to assassinate Nitti, although it wasn't determined by whom, and that the officer who was shot had actually deliberately shot himself in the hand so as to provide an excuse to kill Nitti, who was in fact unarmed. He was acquitted of the charges.
In 1943 two Chicago mobsters were indicted for labor racketeering in a scheme to take over several Hollywood labor unions and extort money from the movie studios in exchange for labor peace. They were tried and found guilty, but instead of going to prison they made a deal to inform on their gangland bosses, among whom were Nitti and Ricca, who were soon indicted. Ricca and the other mobsters ordered Nitti to take the blame for the scheme, since the two gangsters who turned on them were Nitti's men. Nitti, who had served 18 months in prison in the early 1930s for income tax evasion, was extremely claustrophobic and the thought of spending several years in a small prison cell was too much for him to bear. He refused the order to take the rap for them all, and a violent argument ensued between Nitti and the other gangsters. The next day Nitti went for a walk along the railroad tracks near his home, and as several railroad employees working nearby were looking at him, he pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head. - Mario Vitale was born on 1 April 1923 in Salerno, Italy. He was an actor, known for Stromboli (1950), Il barcaiolo di Amalfi (1954) and Sunday in August (1950). He died on 25 October 2003 in Salerno, Campania, Italy.
- Pascal Persiano was born on 9 November 1960 in Salerno, Italy. He is an actor, known for Demons 2 (1986), Voices from Beyond (1991) and I mercenari raccontano (1985). He is married to Laura.
- Antonio Zequila was born on 1 January 1964 in Atrani, Salerno, Italy. He is an actor, known for Legittima vendetta (1995), First Action Hero (1994) and Omicidio al telefono (1994).
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Vincenzo Alfieri is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter, born in Salerno in 1986. After studying acting and directing between New York and Los Angeles and getting a university degree in Political Science, he became known to the big screen audience by starring in the comedy film "Niente può Fermarci", where he was a young man who suffers from Tourette's syndrome. Among his films as director, actor, screenwriter and editor are: "Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo"(2022), "Ai confini del male" (2021), "Gli Uomini d'Oro" (2019) and "I Peggiori" (2017).- Ottavio Jemma was born on 1 January 1925 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. He was a writer, known for Sacco & Vanzetti (1971), When Women Had Tails (1970) and Bambina (1974). He was married to Enza Sampò. He died on 25 December 2015 in Rome, Italy.
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- Producer
Anna Ferraioli Ravel was born on 3 September 1988 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for I fratelli De Filippo (2021), Young, Fit... And Almost Good Looking (2018) and Avanti (2016).- Anny Papa was born on 29 June 1955 in Salerno, Italy. She is an actress, known for A Blade in the Dark (1983), Caramelle da uno sconosciuto (1987) and Das Lustschloß im Spessart (1978).
- Teresa Tirelli was born on 14 July 1907 in Polla, Provincia di Salerno, Campania, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Godfather Part II (1974), I Love Lucy (1951) and Dr. Kildare (1961). She was married to Nicola D'Amico. She died on 16 June 1989 in Northridge, California, USA.
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Ugo Pirro was born on 24 April 1920 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), Celluloide (1996) and We Still Kill the Old Way (1967). He died on 18 January 2008 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Director
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- Producer
Alessandro Piva was born in 1966 in Salerno, Italy. He is a director and editor, known for The Head Is Spinning (2000), Henry (2010) and Mio cognato (2003).- Editor
- Editorial Department
Marco Rizzo was born on 25 April 1984 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. Marco is an editor, known for This Is the Way (2014), Henry (2010) and Ricordi? (2018).- Antonia Gorga was born on 20 October 1950 in Sala Consilina, Salerno, Italy. She was married to Giacinto Gorga. She died on 3 March 2017 in Wayne, New Jersey, USA.
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Enzo D'Ambrosio was born on 5 March 1931 in Camerota, Salerno, Campania, Italy. He is a writer and producer, known for Ma il buon Dio è proprio in gamba? (1998), Emmanuelle on Taboo Island (1976) and Shadows Unseen (1972).- Giacinto Gorga was born on 15 September 1943 in Sala Consilina, Salerno, Italy. He was married to Antonia Gorga. He died on 3 April 2020 in Wayne, New Jersey, USA.
- Actor
Ed Agresti was born on 4 October 1900 in Salerno, Italy. He was an actor. He died on 1 January 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ugo Adinolfi was born on 1 April 1943 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. He was an actor, known for Un corpo caldo per l'inferno (1969), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) and On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (1967). He died on 26 April 2016 in Rome, Italy.
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- Actor
Massimo Coppola was born on 6 June 1972 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Bianciardi! (2007), Afraid of the Dark (Bruises) (2010) and Solomon Island (2006).- Actor
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- Producer
Yari Gugliucci is an Italian actor and performer He was born October 15, 1974, in Salerno, Italy. He graduated in Sociology and in Philosophy. He started to performed when he was 13 in Hennequen e Weber play "La Presidentessa". Amongst the many roles interpreted by Yari Gugliucci, his portrayal of Napolitan journalist, Giancarlo Siani stands out in the film by Maurizio Fiume, "E Io Ti Seguo". In Italy this film highly political film was boycotted by many Italian journalists but in the rest of Europe and outwith, this film was received differently and awarded commendations. Yari Gugliucci received a nomination at the International Film Festival of Montreal, then won the award for "Best Actor" at the Clorophilla Film Festival in Stockholm and Moscow and also received recognition in the New York Journalist Department and at Baden-Baden. Together with Member of Parliament Leoluca Orlando, he received the "Nastro D'Oro" (Gold Ribbon) for the Civil commitment against the on-going struggle with organised crime. Thanks to this role, the young actor has been quoted in at least 7 graduate thesis (5 in Germany and 2 in Italy) about the fight for Freedom to Print. Not forgetting also his collaboration with well known directors such as The Taviani Brothers in "Luisa Sanfelice", playing the role of political extremist Michele Capopolo, then with Lina Wertmuller in "Francesca e Nunziata" and "Ferdinando e Carolina " where he took on the role of Gennarino Rivelli, friend of the King Barbone. The Polish director Rebinsky wanted him for his production in England of William Shakespeare's The Tempest where he played "Caliban" alongside Michelle Pfeiffer and Kevin Kline. Also in England he was involved in the BBC film My House in Umbria by director Richard Loncraine, alongside Maggie Smith and Timothy Spall, the latter of which he would work with again some years later in the remake of "Room with a View" directed by Nick Renton for ITV. In his last role as the King of Naples, Francesco II in the TV Film "Eravamo solo mille" by Stefano Reali, Yari had already been on public television with his role as odd divorce lawyer in "Cuore contro Cuore" by Riccardo Mosca- Actor
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Massimo Venturiello was born on 4 August 1957 in Roccadaspide, Salerno, Italy. He is an actor, known for Il capo dei capi (2007), The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) and L'ispettore anticrimine (1993).