Gina mastrogiacomo biography

  • Gina Mastrogiacomo

    American actress

    Gina Mastrogiacomo

    Born

    Gina Mastrogiacomo


    ()November 5,

    Great Neck, Long Island, United States

    DiedMay 2, () (aged&#;39)

    California, United States

    OccupationActress
    Years&#;active–

    Gina Mastrogiacomo (November 5, – May 2, ) was an American actress.[1]

    Career

    Mastrogiacomo made her film debut as Roxie in the fantasy comedy film Harry and the Hendersons.

    She next starred as the lead female character, Ginny, in Richard Haines's sci-fi comedy Space Avenger, an independent film which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival and parodied the Alien franchise and other sci-fi horror films like The Hidden.[2] Mastrogiacomo's performance impressed Martin Scorsese, who decided to cast her in his hit gangster film Goodfellas after watching the film.[3] In that film she portrayed Janice Rossi, Ray Liotta's mistress, and delivered a performance praised for its passionate and realistic delivery.[4][5][6][7][8] Her performance is praised as "vivid and immediate", which has not been reflected in retrospectives and oral histories of the film because of her early death.[9] Also in , Mastrogiacomo starred in the musical television film An East Side Story.[10] In she portrayed Louise in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever,[11] one of several actors who had also appeared in Goodfellas.[12]Variety critic Tony Scott wrote that "Mastrogiacomo excels as Maggie's loyal friend Gloria" in the USA Network's television film Tall, Dark, and Deadly.[13] In , she played the role of Jenny Uphouse in the X-Files episode "Chimera", playing a character having an affair with the sheriff as a form of revenge against middle-class housewife snobbery.[14]

    Personal life

    Mastrogiacomo was raised in Oceanside, Long Island, New York, and died in California on May 2, , at the age of 39, of a bacterial heart infection.[9]

    Filmography

    References

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    2. ^Rich (September 27, ).

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      "Film: TORONTO FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS REVIEWS – Space Avenger". Variety. Vol.&#;, no.&#; p.&#;

    3. ^Cohn, Lawrence (August 9, ). "Film: Haines goes back to basics: 'Space Avenger' made in old Technicolor process". Variety. Vol.&#;, no.&#;4.

      Gina mastrogiacomo death United States. Download as PDF Printable version. Robin, like Sandy, helped Henry with his cocaine business, and even though Henry knew she was trouble, he kept her around because she helped him with the business. Her heartbroken father, Leonard, died six months later.

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    5. ^CNN Opinion: Ebert's sheer love of life, January 5,
    6. ^ScreenRantGoodfellas: Every major performance, ranked, April 8,
    7. ^The New York TimesAretha Franklin's music powered memorable moments onscreen, August 17,
    8. ^Put macho pride aside: Lorraine Bracco is the true center Of ‘Goodfellas’, July 11,
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      Made Men; The Story of Goodfellas. Hanover Square Press. ISBN&#;.

    10. ^"FILM BRIEFS - Gotham indie spotlights Latin music".

      ISBN Wikiwand for Chrome. Henry ended up moving in with Janice as his marriage started to fall apart, but Paulie insisted that he had to go back with Karen after collecting a debt in Tampa — however, he and Jimmy Conway Robert De Niro were arrested after that task, and Janice visited him in prison, further angering Karen. Learn more about contributing.

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    11. ^Meisel, Myron (July 1, ). "Buying & Booking Guide: JUNGLE FEVER". The Film Journal. 94 (6): 18–
    12. ^Gilbert, Valerie. Women and Mixed Race Representation in Film; Eight Profiles.

      Gina mastrogiacomo biography American actress. Harry and the Hendersons. Made Men; The Story of Goodfellas. She next starred as the lead female character, Ginny, in Richard Haines 's sci-fi comedy Space Avenger , an independent film which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival and parodied the Alien franchise and other sci-fi horror films like The Hidden.

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    13. ^Scott, Tony (January 23, ). "Television: TV REVIEWS - TALL, DARK AND DEADLY". Variety. Vol.&#;, no.&#; p.&#;
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