Celebrity sightings: Vintage photos of famous people visiting Staten Island
Celebrity sightings: Vintage photos of famous people visiting Staten Island

Celebrity sightings: Vintage photos of famous people visiting Staten Island

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Celebrity sightings: Vintage photos of famous people visiting Staten Island

Staten Island has seen its fair share of celebrities over the years. From TV and movie stars, to musicians, authors and sports legends, the borough has had its share. Here are some of the more famous faces that the Advance/SILive.com has captured while the celebrities were on Staten Island. A version of this story was originally published in 2016. It has been updated by Nicolette Cavallaro to reflect the latest in celebrity news. For more information on the Staten Island Advance, go to: www.StatenIslandAdvance.com. For confidential support on suicide matters call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S., call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. For confidential. support in the UK, call the helpline on 0800. Samaritans.

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Editor’s note: A version of this story was originally published in 2016. It has been updated by Nicolette Cavallaro.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Being deemed the “forgotten borough” hasn’t stopped Staten Island from have a long list of celebrity visits throughout the years.

From TV and movie stars, to musicians, authors and sports legends, the borough has seen its fair share.

Here are some of the more famous faces that the Advance/SILive.com has captured while the celebrities were on Staten Island.

David Johansen

David Johansen, musician, performs at Wave Street, Stapleton. Staten Island Advance

New York Dolls frontman David Johansen, right, seen at Wave Street in Stapleton in the mid-1980s, is one of the many celebrities to have lived on Staten Island.

Marlon Brando

The Godfather filmed on Emerson Hill: From the left, Marlon Brando, Godfather unit production manager Fred Caruso, and Carl and William Gertz look over the film is wedding cake. Staten Island Advance

Marlon Brando, “Godfather” unit production manager Fred Caruso, and Carl and William Gertz, from left, looked over the movie’s wedding cake while filming on Longfellow Avenue on Emerson Hill in 1972.

Madonna

Pop star Madonna is pictured with an Advance umbrella to shield herself from the sun while filming her music video “Papa don’t preach” on Staten Island. May 29, 1986. SIA

Madonna used an Advance umbrella to shield herself from the sun while filming her music video, “Papa Don’t Preach,” on Staten Island in May 1986.

O.J. Simpson

O.J. Simpson is ready to roll in this 1987 snapshot from the grand opening of the Showplace Entertainment Center. Staten Island Advance

Former Buffalo Bills running back O.J. Simpson bowled at the grand opening of the Showplace Entertainment Center in Travis in 1987.

Al Pacino

Actor Al Pacino celebrates his birthday with a cake while filming the movie “Donnie Brasco” on Staten Island. Staten Island Advance

Actor Al Pacino celebrated his birthday while filming “Donnie Brasco” on the docks of Staten Island Boat Sales in April 1996.

John F. Kennedy

During John F. Kennedy’s Presidential campaign at St. George Staten Island, Islanders’ hands reach for the young candidate in October 1960. Staten Island Advance

Staten Island commuters reached out to shake John F. Kennedy’s hand during his presidential campaign visit to the St. George Ferry Terminal in October 1960.

Joan Crawford

In 1970, Joan Crawford and Jim Smith enjoy beverages in Staten Island. Staten Island Advance

Actress Joan Crawford and Jim Smith shared drinks and conversation in her stateroom aboard a container ship berthed in Stapleton in this 1970 photo. Smith, who worked for the ship company at the time, was longtime executive director of the Miss Staten Island Scholarship Pageant.

Yogi Berra

Yankee great Yogi Berra autographs a baseball for Nicholas Meola, 9, of Tottlenville, during the March of Dimes Celebrity Golf Outing at LaTourette Golf Course in New Springville. staten island advance

Yankee great Yogi Berra autographed a baseball for Nicholas Meola, 9, of Tottlenville, during the March of Dimes Celebrity Golf Outing at LaTourette Golf Course in New Springville.

Richard Nixon

From left, Richard Nixon and Joe Sciacca. Staten Island Advance

In his successful bid for the presidency in 1968, Richard Nixon made a campaign stop at the Tavern on the Green in New Dorp.

Bobby Darin

Former Advance Memories columnist Mike Azzara, left, stands next to singer Bobby (Cassotto) Darin and their friends Hugo, Jack and Ronnie on the beach in 1950. Mike Azzara

Former Advance Memories columnist Mike Azzara with singer Bobby Darin and their friends, Hugo, Jack and Ronnie, on the beach in 1950. In later years, Darin’s hit song “Mack the Knife” was played on jukeboxes at Ocean Breeze establishments like the Towers, Rocky’s, Enquist’s and Dements.

Paul Newman

Paul Newman tastes food for the Newman’s Own and Good Housekeeping Recipe Contest in 1996. Staten Island Advance

Paul Newman tasted food for the Newman’s Own and Good Housekeeping Recipe Contest in 1996. The Academy Award winner lived at 30 Daniel Low Terr. in St. George as a struggling actor.

Nelson Rockefeller

At the former Demyan’s Hofbrau, Stapleton, from left: Ambrose Coppotelli; Kevin Sheehy; former Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, and Jack Demyan. Photo dates to the late 1960s. Jim Romano

Ambrose Coppotelli, Kevin Sheehy, former Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Jack Demyan visited the former Demyan’s Hofbrau, Stapleton, in the late 1960s.

Rodney Dangerfield and Joe Pesci

Joe Pesci, center left, and Rodney Dangerfield shoot a scene in front of Alfonso’s Bakery for “Easy Money.” Staten Island Advance

Rodney Dangerfield and Joe Pesci filmed a scene from “Easy Money” outside Alfonso’s Bakery, in Castleton Corners, in August 1983.

Gianni Russo

An early 1972 photo taken in Demyan’s Hofbrau shows, from left: Jack Demyan, owner of the former Demyan’s Hofbrau, Stapleton; actor Gianni Russo; Kevin Sheehy, and Assemblyman Ed Amann. Jim Romano

Gianni Russo, Kevin Sheehy and Assemblyman Ed Amann visited the Demyan’s Hofbrau, Stapleton, in early 1972. Russo, an actor/singer who famously played Marlon Brando’s son-in-law in “The Godfather,” is a Rosebank native.

Nancy Reagan

Soon-to-be first lady Nancy Reagan reads a fortune-cookie message, to the amusement of Guy Molinari, in the former Wah Ting restaurant on Hylan Boulevard in Dongan Hills. The time was March 1980. SIA file photo

In March 1980, soon-to-be first lady Nancy Reagan sat with Guy Molinari in the former Wah Ting restaurant on Hylan Boulevard in Dongan Hills.

Bobby Thomson

Baseball legend Bobby Thomson signs autographs at Borough Hall on Dec. 6, 1951, just months after hitting a home run, which fans affectionately called, “the shot heard ’round the world.” Staten Island Advance

Baseball legend Bobby Thomson signed autographs at Borough Hall on Dec. 6, 1951, just months after hitting a home run to win the National League pennant for the New York Giants. The home run was affectionately called “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World” by fans. Thomson was brought to Staten Island at the age of 2 and lived in the borough throughout his major league career.

Roy Campanella and Floyd Patterson

Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ catcher, left, and Floyd Patterson, the youngest man ever to win the world heavyweight boxing title, chat with Mount Loretto residents in a photo believed to have been shot in the early to mid-1970s. Staten Island Advance

Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ catcher, and Floyd Patterson, the youngest man ever to win the world heavyweight boxing title, chatted with Mount Loretto residents in a photo believed to have been shot in the early to mid-1970s.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis helped pilot the Pvt. Joseph F. Merrell in July 1976. Staten Island Advance Photo / Barry Schwartz

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at the wheel of the ferry Pvt. Joseph Merrill with Capt. Joseph Zaccone on July 31, 1976.

George Bush

President George Bush Sr. with Congresswoman Susan Molinari. Staten Island Advance

President George Bush with Congresswoman Susan Molinari at a fundraiser in the Shalimar, New Dorp, in February 1990.

Robert F. Kennedy

Senator Robert Kennedy, center, visits Staten Island with Congressman John M. Murphy, left, as guest at a dinner dance of the Staten Island Banner Democratic Association October 3, 1965, in the Tavern on the Green, New Dorp. Staten Island Advance

Sen. Robert Kennedy visited Staten Island with Congressman John M. Murphy as a guest at the Staten Island Banner Democratic Association on Oct. 3, 1965, in the Tavern on the Green, New Dorp.

Gerald Ford

Joe Sciacca, Gerald Ford and Richard Bolton at a fundraising dinner of the County GOP in the Tavern on the Green in 1971. Staten Island Advance

Joe Sciacca, Gerald Ford and Richard Bolton at a fundraising dinner of the County GOP in the Tavern on the Green in 1971.

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