Editing Lea DeLaria (section)

==Early life==
DeLaria was born in [[Belleville, Illinois]],<ref name="Hollywood.com">{{cite web |title=Lea DeLaria |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Lea_DeLaria/191438 |access-date=2011-06-28 |work=Hollywood.com}}</ref><ref name="FilmRef">{{cite web |title=Lea DeLaria Biography |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/88/Lea-DeLaria.html |access-date=2011-06-28 |work=Film Reference |publisher=Advameg}}</ref> the daughter of Jerry Jean (née Cox), a homemaker, and Robert George DeLaria, a [[jazz piano|jazz pianist]] and social worker.<ref name="FilmRef" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/belleville/obituary.aspx?pid=172057953|title=Robert DeLaria Obituary|work=Belleville News-Democrat|access-date=June 21, 2015}}</ref> Her paternal grandparents were Italian.<ref name="Breakupgirl.net">{{cite web |date=July 15, 1999 |title="You & A Guest" Interview: Lea DeLaria |url=http://www.breakupgirl.net/guest/9907.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704082254/http://www.breakupgirl.net/guest/9907.html |archive-date=July 4, 2011 |access-date=2011-06-28 |work=Breakupgirl.net |df=mdy-all}}</ref>  She attended kindergarten through eighth grade at St. Mary's Elementary School in Belleville<ref name= tohide/> and has referenced her Catholic upbringing in her performances.