Editing Ernest Borgnine (section)

== Early life and education ==
Borgnine was born Ermes Effron Borgnino ({{IPA|it|borˈɲiːno|lang}}) on January 24, 1917, in [[Hamden, Connecticut]],<ref name="dictionary">{{cite encyclopedia| title=Ernest Borgnine| encyclopedia=International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers 4th Ed.| volume=3: Actors and Actresses| publisher=St. James Press| year=2000| place=Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI| author=Thomson Gale|quote=Born: Ermes Effron Borgnino in Hamden, Connecticut, January 24, 1917 (some sources say 1915 or 1918)}}</ref><ref name="clooney">{{cite book| title=The Movies That Changed Us: Reflections on the Screen| first=Nick| last=Clooney| publisher=Simon and Schuster| year=2003| isbn=0-7434-1044-0| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1rkA5nHOOuQC&pg=PA114| page=114}}</ref> the son of Italian immigrants. His mother, Anna ({{nee|Boselli}}) hailed from [[Carpi, Emilia-Romagna|Carpi]], near [[Modena]], while his father Camillo Borgnino was a native of [[Ottiglio]] near [[Alessandria]].<ref name="filmref">{{cite web| title=Ernest Borgnine Biography (1917– )| url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/19/Ernest-Borgnine.html| publisher=filmreference.com| access-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref> Borgnine's parents separated when he was two years old, and he then lived with his mother in Italy for about four and a half years. By 1923, his parents had reconciled, the family name was changed from Borgnino to Borgnine, and his father changed his first name to Charles. Borgnine had a younger sister, Evelyn Borgnine Velardi (1925–2013).<ref>{{cite web|title=Evelyn Velardi Obituary: View Obituary for Evelyn Velardi by Mt. View Mortuary & Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Evelyn-Velardi&lc=4227&pid=164177752&mid=5494016|access-date=October 10, 2013}}</ref> The family settled in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], where Borgnine graduated from [[James Hillhouse High School]]. He took to sports while growing up, but showed no interest in acting.<ref name="fantle">{{cite book| last1=Fantle| first1=David| last2=Johnson| first2=Tom| title=Reel to Real: 25 Years of Celebrity Interviews from Vaudeville to Movies to TV| publisher=Badger Books| year=2004| isbn=978-1932542042| pages=106–113}}</ref>