Editing Anthony Franciosa (section)

==Early life==
He was born in the [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]] district of New York to an Italian-American family. His grandparents emigrated from [[Melfi]], Basilicata, southern Italy, in 1890.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/7989922/ The Racine Journal-Times Sunday Bulletin]</ref> His parents separated when he was one and he was raised by his mother and aunt, adopting his mother's maiden name Franciosa.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/franciosa.htm |title=Tony Franciosa background |access-date=2006-01-21 |archive-date=2012-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823094204/http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/franciosa.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After high school, he worked as a welder, ship steward and cook. At age 18 he was doing free dancing lessons at the YMCA, where he was offered a role in a production of ''[[The Seagull]]'', and the experience made him want to be an actor.<ref name="ind" /><ref name="nytimes2006">{{cite news |title=Anthony Franciosa, TV and Film Actor, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/21/arts/anthony-franciosa-tv-and-film-actor-dies-at-77.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 21, 2006 |access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref>