Born: December 31, 1948

Leading actor Joe Dallesandro gained more than his 15 minutes of fame in the '60s and '70s thanks to his presence in the experimental films of Andy_Warhol. Most often cast as androgynous characters, Dallesandro was the star of the Warhol/Paul_Morrissey trilogy Flesh, Trash, and Heat, and later played the title roles in the selfsame production team's Blood for Dracula and Flesh for Frankenstein for which Dallesandro was praised by the cognoscenti for his "naturalistic" performances. After making his "mainstream" debut in The_Gardener, he worked extensively in Europe. He made fleeting appearances as Lucky Luciano in Coppola's The_Cotton_Club (1984) and as the father of Darren_E._Burrows in John_Waters' Cry-Baby (1991). Dallesandro has also been prominently featured in such TV weeklies of the 1980s as Fortune Dane, Wiseguy, and The Hollywood Detective. Hal Erickson, Rovi

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