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Bookmark or Share- Green Book Movie vs. the True Story of Tony Lip and Don ShirleyYes. A fact-check of Green Book reveals that, in this case, the movie is honest in its portrayal of Lip. According to Lip's son, Nick Vallelonga, Lip had indeed been racist before his trip with musician Don Shirley, attributing it to growing up on the Italian-American streets of the Bronx.
- Tony Lip dies at 82; character actor known for mob rolesTony Lip, 82, a veteran character actor known for playing mob roles on “The Sopranos” television show and in films, died Friday at a hospital in Teaneck, N.J. Family members told New Jersey’s...
- Green Book: the true story behind the Oscar-buzzed road trip dramaThe story is based on a tour the virtuoso Don Shirley, born in Florida to Jamaican parents, undertook with a Bronx native called Tony Lip at the wheel.
- Tony Lip - WikipediaFrank Anthony Vallelonga Sr. (July 30, 1930 – January 4, 2013), better known by his stage name Tony Lip, was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of crime boss Carmine Lupertazzi in the HBO series, The Sopranos .
- Don Shirley and Tony Lip: The True Story Behind Their FriendshipBy Sara Kettler Updated: Jan 29, 2021. PhotoL Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection. In 1962, casually racist Italian-American bouncer Tony "Lip" Vallelonga and Don Shirley, a gifted Jamaican...
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