On television, she made appearances on Remington Steele, Baby Boom, JAG, Some of My Best Friends, Saving Grace, Without a Trace and Nip/Tuck, among many others. Other film roles included Betsy’s Wedding and Last Exit To Brooklyn. She reteamed with Allen yet again in 1991’s Shadows and Fog. She reunited with Allen the following year for a role in The Purple Rose Of Cairo, and from then on enjoyed a prolific career in both TV and film. Her film debut came just two years after her Broadway bow when she was cast in a small part in Woody Allen’s 1984 Broadway Danny Rose. In 2003, joined the replacement cast of Chicago as Matron Mama Morton. Related Story Showbiz & Media Figures We've Lost In 2021 – Photo GalleryĪ Bronx native who got her start in show business as a singer in the 1970s New York rock band the Margo Lewis Explosion, Saviola made her Broadway debut as Mama Maddelena in the 1982 production of the Tommy Tune-directed Nine musical. My love to Camille’s family and family of friends throughout the industry. The Italian Godmother of Soul! Farewell.”Īctor Wilson Cruz, who said he performed with Saviola at many AIDS benefits over the years, tweeted, “What a presence this woman was! My heart is heavy. Longtime friend and actor Harvey Fierstein tweeted, “She was a friend for 40 years who could always be counted on for a laugh, a shoulder or a kick I. Showbiz & Media Figures We’ve Lost In 2021 – Photo Gallery
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Her death was announced on the Star Trek website. Camille Saviola, whose many stage and TV roles included the Bajoran religious leader Kai Opaka in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the mother of the hapless Turtle in Entourage and, on Broadway, characters in Nine and Chicago, has died at age 71.
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