If I remember correctly, one of the New Jersey housewives brought Danny Provenzano on the Bravo television series a couple of years back. She introduced him as her friend and he was on for a few episodes - I don't think she was brought back after that season?

Mark. According to sources, He was a bodyguard for one of them. Shit, can't even defend himself.

George Remini (capo) married an Austrian woman, Leah's mother is Austian, her father is Sicilian as was George it's true.

so this isnt true??

do u know what i read leah remini was half sicilian and grew up in bensonhurst. so i thought she may be mobbed up and then i see her dad is a gambino capo. talk about cliched!

It is true. It can't just be a coincidence that her mother is Austrian and her father is Sicilian, George married an Austrian woman, from the same area, have he same name I mean come on.

George Remini is her father.

jeeze good detective work tommy!

tommy have u got any info on george remini? when did he serve as capo? who was he aligned with?

Don't have much info on him, some others on here probably will.

He was a loanshark in Tommy Gambinos crew. I'd imagine he took it over when Tommy retired.

Joe Ligambi's kid in NY is a actor.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0990531/

He wasn't in the mob, but Woody Harrelson's father was a hitman.

Where did you hear that the Gambino capo married an Austrian woman?

The journalist John Miller's godfather was Frank Costello and Andy Russo is supposedly Scott Caan's.

Why? Do you have any idea how many Austrian Jews settled in Brooklyn after World War II? Literally thousands. Brooklyn has been a safehaven for Eastern European Jews for decades. Doesn't it make sense that more than one of them would eventually end up marrying an Italian?

And Ms. Remini has denied it again and again. If George (the Capo) was her father, I doubt she'd deny it. Most mob daughters are pretty defensive of their fathers.

For what it's worth, I posted this last year. Here's an excerpt, with the original bio-link provided below:

Leah Remini was born in Bensonhurst (Brooklyn), New York, to George Remini, owner of an asbestos company. Her father, originally from Sicily, is not to be confused with George Remini, the Caporegime of the Gambino Crime Family. Her mother Vicki Marshall, a former high school principal and current LA restaurant owner, is Jewish and originally from Austria. Her parents were divorced in 1977.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Leah-Remini/biography/

He's in a movie called Mafioso: The Father, the Son, talk about coincidence lol.

Not an actor, but former NHL player Bates Battaglia is the grandson of Sam Battaglia, the deceased Chicago gangster.

Strange coincidence. Tony Accardo had a grandson who played in the NFL. Must be something in the Chicago water .

woody harlesons dad was a straight contract killer from texas... im sure he took on jobs for some greaseballs.

Isn't the Soprano Actor Louis Lombardi who played Big Pussy FBI's contact a relative of Gigi The Whale Inglese?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0518385/

Mickey Spillane's son was an actor. Sadly no longer with us a tragic accident led to Bobby Spillane falling from his sixth floor apartment in Hell's Kitchen.

He had parts in 'Law and Order', 'NYPD Blue' and 'Rescue Me'.

He was leaning against a screen and it simply gave away his uncle James McManus traumatically recalled.

The Spillanes of course married into the McManus family who even still hold massive political sway in hell's Kitchen today. The Midtown Democrat club has been in the family for 120 years.

The hold the 'McMani' have had on determining the sway of west side politics has certainly had a big sway on politics in HK. Anyone who thinks what was going down on the west side was small time should see how their affiliates and old time west side associates live today. Anyway, that's another story.The club still boasts over 6,000 dues paying members and Mr McManus runs a funeral home on west 46th street.

Great quote from Mickey Spillane in this article his confession that he became a club member at 13 when "I became old enough to vote". http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/0...tes-a-birthday/

Even with gentrification changing the landscape of the neighborhood the 'McMani' are a colossal family influence in Hell's Kitchen today.

Let's not forget those Mutts on Mob wives. Also Frank Culotta did some acting in Casino, wasn't his dad in the Outfit?

Richard S. Castellano, aka Clemenza, wasn't he related to Big Paul?

Also, Jack O'Halloran, Non from Superman 2, claims Albert Anastasia was his father.

If I'm not mistakin, I think I read an article awhile back the Jackie the kid Giacalone's daughter Chantel is an actress. The article also stated that she was in a coma due to some type of allergic reaction. I hope she has had a full recovery.

Wasn't Harrelson's dad involved with the Bandidos? thought I read that somewheres a while back???

Not an actress but casting director and producer Lisa Essary was the stepdaughter of Joe Gallo.

Regarding Leah Remini....

If her dad was the capo, then it would have been already widely reported. And she likely would have said her dad was just an honest, harmless tomato vendor, and there's no such thing as the mafia, etc...

Her father was a different George Remini. He worked in asbestos removal. But you make a good point, LittleMan. Last month when she broke from Scientology there were threats reported in the media. If her father was the other George Remini, someone would have reported that the threats were laughable given her mob ties. But like I posted months ago, her father was a different George Remini.

And she has talked about it in the past. I'll try to find a link that someone posted on one of the other sites. In the interview she asks the reporter to PLEASE not confuse her father with the gangster. On top of everything else, she left Brooklyn for California when she was like 14 years old. So I doubt she has any ties to Brooklyn at all anymore.

Off topic, she was pretty hot before she got fat. She lost the weight, but her face never recovered.

Off topic, she was pretty hot before she got fat. She lost the weight, but her face never recovered.

haha agreed

The guys who owns Rao's was the head of the FBI in the sopranos. Rumor is that he is connected

His name is Franke "No" Pellegrino. They call him "No" because if you ask if they have any tables he tells you NO. It's a year' s wait unless you have juice. Every family has a table there and it's frequented by celebrities, politicians, gangsters and CEO"s. Personally, the food at Campagnola is better.