"You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love", and the legend surrounding his early death Lou Costello (Cristillo) (1906–1959) 62.5% Italian, 25% Irish, and 12.5% French blood – actor and comedian known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello Angelo Rossitto (1908–1991), actor and voice artist Renata Vanni (1909–2004) Italian-born American film actress 1910s Robert Alda (Alfonso Roberto D'Abruzzo) (1914–1986) actor, father of Alan Alda Miriam Battista (1912–1980) daughter of Italian immigrants – child actress of the silent film era John Beradino (1917–1996) Dr. Steve Hardy on the soap opera General Hospital from 1963 to 1996, star on Hollywood walk-of-fame Ernest Borgnine (Borgnino) (1917–2012) Academy Award-winning actor Frank Campanella (1919–2006) son of Sicilian parents – actor Anthony Caruso (1916–2003) film/television actor Adriana Caselotti (1916–1997) actress known for providing the voice behind the lead character in Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Richard Conte (1910–1975) film actor Ann Corio (1914–1999) burlesque ecdysiast and actress Dean Martin (Crocetti) (1917–1995) actor/singer, member of the Rat Pack Victor Mature (1913–1999) was an American film actor. Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky to a Tyrolean father, Marcellus George Mature, a cutler, and a Swiss-American mother, Clara Mature Al Molinaro (1919–2015) son of Italian parents – actor (The Odd Couple, Happy Days) Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) his parents' Italian heritage included a Sicilian father and a mother from Liguria in northern Italy- actor and singer who many consider to be one of the finest male popular song vocalists of all time 1920s Kaye Ballard (Balotta) (1925–2019) stage and television actress Billy Barty (Bertanzetti) (1924–2000) film actor Tony Bennett (Benedetto) (born 1926) popular music, standards, jazz singer and actor (The Oscar) Joseph Campanella (1924–2018) actor Timothy Carey (Agoglia) (1929–1994) Irish father and Italian mother – film and television character actor (Peeper) Teresa Celli (Teresa Mara Levis) (1923-1999) daughter of Italian parents - actress (Black Hand) Nicholas Colasanto (1924-1985) of Italian descent - actor (Family Plot) Jackie Cooper (John Cooper Jr.) (1922-2011) mother of Italian ancestry - actor (Skippy) Pat Cooper (Pasquale Caputo) (born 1929) film actor and comedian Richard Crenna (1926–2003) film actor (First Blood) Cesare Danova (1926–1992) 75% Italian and 25% Swiss – film actor (Cleopatra) Yvonne De Carlo (Margaret Yvonne Middleton) (1922–2007) 25% Italian Linda Douglas (Mary Joanne Tarola) (1928–2017) her mother was a native of Alaska, born to Swedish immigrants, while her father was originally from Italy. Vince Edwards