Marianne Leone
Biography
Marianne Leone is an American actress, screenwriter, and essayist who is best known for her role as the mother of Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos. Born in Nonantum, Massachusetts, she started acting with The Thin Blue Line in 1988. She went on to appear in True Love (1989), Goodfellas, Household Saints, and The Three Stooges (2012). On television, she had parts in Kate & Allie and Brotherhood, and she played the Sopranos matriarch in nine episodes from 2002 to 2007. Leone wrote the screenplay for Hurricane Mary. Her essays were featured in The Boston Globe in 2010, and one of them, Knitting: Epic Fail, was included in the anthology Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting in 2013. In 2024, she was an executive producer on the documentary My Own Normal.
74years old
Turns 75 on January 2in 77 days
- Born Boston
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 30 years1989 to 2019
Genres
- Comedy67%, 4 films
- Romance33%, 2 films
- Crime17%, 1 film
- Documentary17%, 1 film
- Drama17%, 1 film
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Behind the camera
Leone wrote an essay called "Knitting: Epic Fail," which was included in Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting, an anthology that W. W. Norton & Company released in 2013.
Marianne Leone movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Marianne Leone shares two films with Larry David, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Larry David's page
Marianne Leone Cooper's page
Bruce Willis's page
Alec Baldwin's page
Michael Madsen's page
Harvey Keitel's page
Bobby FarrellyDirector, 1 film, 2012
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All films by Peter Farrelly
Greg MottolaDirector, 1 film, 2013
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Online
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