Toni Kalem | |
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 Toni Kalem as Angie Perrini with Leon Russom as Willis Frame in Another World, in 1976. | |
| Born | Toni Z. Kalem[1] August 29, 1956[1] Springfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, screenwriter, director |
| Years active | 1973–present |
Toni Z. Kalem (born August 29, 1956) is an American actress, screenwriter and director.[2][3] Kalem is best known for her portrayal of Angie Bonpensiero on the HBO series The Sopranos.[4]
Kalem grew up in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey.[5] She appeared in such films as Double Jeopardy, Private Benjamin, Sister Act, The Wanderers, Eyes of the Beholder, Silent Rage and The Boy Who Drank Too Much. Her television credits include guest appearances on Starsky and Hutch, MacGyver, Another World and Police Woman. During the sixth season of The Sopranos, Kalem was elevated from guest star to series regular for her character Angie Bonpensiero, the widow of Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero who runs a body shop in partnership with Tony Soprano.
In 1999, Kalem wrote and directed the film A Slipping Down Life.[6] In 2004, she wrote the fifty-sixth episode for The Sopranos, called "All Happy Families..."
- ^ a b "Toni Z Kalem". verifythem.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
- ^ Turan, Kenneth (April 4, 2002). Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520218673 – via Google Books.
- ^ Belli, Mary Lou (July 11, 2019). Acting for the Screen. Routledge. ISBN 9780429858581 – via Google Books.
- ^ Stein, Ruthe (May 28, 2004). "Director rejoices as 'Slipping' finds the big screen after 5-year delay". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Kleiner, Dick. "Actress Toni Kalem Shaking Ethnic Image", The Sumter Daily Item, January 15, 1982. Retrieved October 9, 2015. "And she isn't the New York street girl she played so often. She's actually from Springfield, N.J., the very middle-class daughter of a very middle-class insurance agent."
- ^ "She couldn't let go". Los Angeles Times. May 23, 2004.