Joseph Siravo, the actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Tony Soprano’s father in HBO’s “Sopranos, was from Rockville. Sadly, he passed away this past April following a battle with colon cancer at the age of 66.
Credited as being from Washington DC, Siravo was raised in Rockville. He attended high school in DC, graduating from St. John’s College High School in 1973. According to records, he owned a home off of Norbeck Road until 2011.
This young lady was born in Tacoma, Washington but moved to Maryland when she was 11. She spent her teenage years in Silver Spring and graduated from Springbrook High School before attending Montgomery College for a year before moving on to the University of Washington.
She started her acting career in theater, before landing a role in 1977 CBS series, The Andros Targets. She also co-starred with Daryl Hannah in the film The Clan of the Cave Bear (1985) and won a CableAce Award for Best Actress for the HBO series Tanner ’88 (1988). Her notable film roles include The Long Riders(1980), The Right Stuff (1983), The Best of Times(1986), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Junior (1994), Bean (1997), and Proof of Life (2001). She played a main role in Jericho (2006) and has appeared as the mother of main character Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation.
His first television role was as Joey Grimaldi for two episodes on the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Streets. He then went on to more prominent roles like Sgt. Jay Landsman in The Wire, defense attorney John Buchanan in Law & Order: SVU, and a lot more. The Actor and acting coach grew up in Silver Spring and even played the role of the Russian constable in Montgomery Blair High School’s 1978 production of Fiddler on the Roof…back when he went by Bill Delaney.
In featured below, courtesy of Delaney Williams’ Instagram, you’ll see him in a YMCA Silver Spring shirt. He is Delaney Williams.