Cathy Moriarty was born November 29,1960 in The Bronx borough of New York City, the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants Catherine, a homemaker, and John Cathy Moriarty, a warehouse worker.
20 Facts About Cathy Moriarty
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Cathy Moriarty was raised in Yonkers, New York, where she attended Lincoln High School.
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Cathy Moriarty made her film debut in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull, as Vikki LaMotta, wife of boxer Jake LaMotta, played by Robert De Niro.
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Cathy Moriarty was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Later, Cathy Moriarty played John Belushi's destructive, sultry neighbor in Neighbors, a film adaptation of Thomas Berger's novel of the same name.
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In 1985, Cathy Moriarty agreed to co-star with Jack Nicholson in The Two Jakes.
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Cathy Moriarty began the decade with roles in the thriller film Burndown, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Kindergarten Cop and the soap opera parody Soapdish.
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Cathy Moriarty appeared in the musical drama The Mambo Kings and the horror anthology TV series Tales from the Crypt, where Moriarty's performance earned her a Best Actress in a Dramatic Series CableACE Award.
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Cathy Moriarty's last performance of the year was a hard-as-nails prostitute in the screwball comedy film, The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag.
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In 1993, Cathy Moriarty starred as John Goodman's wisecracking girlfriend and a film goddess in Joe Dante's period comedy Matinee, and had supporting roles in the comedies Another Stakeout and Me and the Kid.
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Cathy Moriarty played Lois opposite Debra Winger and Billy Crystal in the romantic comedy Forget Paris, followed by the vindictive Carrigan Crittenden in the live action film Casper.
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That year Cathy Moriarty played Hedy Burress's mother in Foxfire, the film adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' novel.
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Cathy Moriarty voiced characters in the animated TV series Stories from My Childhood episodes "The Golden Rooster" and "The Wild Swans" and the animated series Recess.
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Cathy Moriarty played an FBI agent in Red Team, an abusive adoptive mother in the family film Prince of Central Park and a woman who fears death in Next Stop, Eternity.
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The next year, Cathy Moriarty appeared as a nurse in the film 1320.
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Cathy Moriarty made an appearance as Michael Pitt's bitter, estranged mother in the crime drama Rob the Mob.
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Cathy Moriarty's performance earned a nomination for Best Actress at the Jersey Shore Shorts Film Festival.
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Since then, Cathy Moriarty has regularly performed in both film and on television, with major roles in Patti Cake$, an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Ryan Murphy series American Crime Story and City on a Hill.
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In 1981, Cathy Moriarty married theatrical manager Carmine D'Anna and moved into a home in Malibu, California.
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Cathy Moriarty was engaged to Richie Palmer, her business partner in the Mulberry Street pizzeria chain, until he left her for Raquel Welch in October 1997; belying stereotypes, the "other woman" Welch was actually 14 years older than Palmer and 20 years older than Cathy Moriarty.