Catherine Scorsese

Film Actress

Female

Born Apr 16, 1912

Hometown New York City

Died Jan 6, 1997

Death Place New York City

Other Names Catherine Cappa S...

Catherine Cappa Scorsese was an American actress, and also the mother of director Martin Scorsese. Born in New York City as Catherine Cappa of Italian descent, she began acting when her son Martin Scorsese cast her in his film It's Not Just You, Murray… Read More

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Charles Scorsese
Married 1933 - 1993

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Catherine Scorsese

d.1997

children

Martin Scorsese
Son, Age 70

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Night Out News Of The World
Google News - May 08, 2011

Director Martin Scorsese loved featuring his mum, Catherine Scorsese, in his films. In Taxi Driver she appears as Iris' mother, in a photo on the front of a newspaper, and she also has roles in Goodfellas, Casino and The Godfather III
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Remembering An Italian Mother Just As She Would Like
NYTimes - Feb 19, 1997

MARTIN SCORSESE can direct, produce, act, provoke, inspire and charm. His mother, Catherine Scorsese, could do all that and more: she could cook. When Mrs. Scorsese died in January at 84, she left a large legacy, one that included an adoring family, about a thousand devoted friends, a film career and a cookbook that is part family memoir. But when
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Paid Notice: Deaths Scorsese, Catherine, (Nee Capa)
NYTimes - Jan 08, 1997

SCORSESE - Catherine, (nee Capa), on January 6th at Tisch Hospital, NYC. Beloved wife of the late Charles. Adored mother of Frank and Martin. Cherished grandmother of Frank Jr. Christopher, Lisa, Catherine, and Domenica. Great-grandmother of Liliana. Affectionate sister of Joseph Cappa and Millie Loacano and dear friend of the Guidetti family.
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Catherine Scorsese, 84, A Movie Mother
NYTimes - Jan 07, 1997

Catherine Scorsese, the mother of the film director Martin Scorsese, who cast her in several of his films, died yesterday at New York University Medical Center in Manhattan. She was 84. Mrs. Scorsese, the daughter of Sicilian immigrants, was born on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy, where she met her husband, Charles. She worked in the garment
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CHILDHOOD

1912 Birth Born on April 16, 1912.

LATE ADULTHOOD

1997 85 Years Old Died on January 6, 1997.

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