Marlo Thomas (born 1937) Lebanese father and Italian mother Brenda Vaccaro (born 1939) film and television actress Frankie Valli (Castelluccio) (born 1934) singer and actor (The Sopranos) Frank Vincent (Gattuso) (1937–2017) film/television actor (The Sopranos) Joe Viterelli (1937–2004) film actor (Shallow Hal) 1940s Marc Alaimo (born 1942) television/film actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Carmen Argenziano (1943–2019) TV and film actor Armand Assante (born 1949) Italian father and Irish mother – film/television actor (Mambo Kings) Paul Barresi (born 1949) stage, film and television actor and model famously known for his natural muscled physic and film persona Toni Basil (born 1943) born Antonia Christina Basilotta, of Italian descent - dancer, actress, singer (Five Easy Pieces) Joy Behar (Josephina Ochiuto) (born 1943) actress, comedian, co-host of The View Marisa Berenson (Vittoria Marisa Schiaparelli Berenson) (born 1947) actress and model Linda Bove (born 1945) deaf actress who requires sign language (Sesame Street) Robert De Niro (born 1943) 25% Italian ancestry – two time Academy Award-winning American film actor, director, producer and founder of the Tribeca Film Festival (Goodfellas) Danny DeVito (born 1944) actor, director, Oscar nominated producer (Matilda) Dennis Farina (1944–2013) son of Sicilian parents – film/television actor (Get Shorty) Robert Forster (1941-2019) mother of Italian descent and father of English and Irish descent - actor (Jackie Brown) Annette Funicello (1942–2013) actress, was Walt Disney's most popular Mouseketeer Bruno Kirby (Quidaciolu) (1949–2006) son of Sicilian parents – film actor (The Godfather Part II) Adrienne La Russa (born 1948) actress (Days of our lives) Dan Lauria (born 1947) TV and film actor Susan Lucci (born 1946) 50% Italian and part Swedish - Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress, who has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" and "The Queen of Daytime" Patti LuPone (born 1949) singer and actress Joe Mantegna (born 1947) film/television actor (The Godfather Part III) Penny Marshall (Masciarelli) (1943–2018) Italian-American father and part Scottish mother – actress, producer and director, sister of Garry Marshall Patty McCormack, born Patricia Ellen Russo (born 1945), Italian father and Irish mother – actress (The Bad Seed) Liza Minnelli (born 1946) great-grandfather of Italian ancestry – singer and actress Arthur Nascarella (born 1942) son of Sicilian parents – film/ television actor (The Sopranos) Don Novello (born 1943) Italian father and Irish mother – film/television actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live) Al Pacino (born 1940) son of Sicilian parents – Academy Award-winning film actor (The Godfather) Vincent Pastore (born 1946)