Paul Sorvino

'Sopranos' actor Michael Imperioli also pointed out that Tony Sirico, aka Paulie Walnuts, was not included.

Sorvino, 55, won the [Oscar](https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2023/03/watch-michelle-yeoh-make-history-at-the-oscars-this-is-a-beacon-of-hope.html) for best supporting actress in 1996 for playing Linda Ash in Woody Allen’s “Mighty Aphrodite.” [Mira Sorvino](https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/07/nj-s-mira-sorvino-mourns-paul-sorvino-my-heart-is-rent-asunder-they-always-showed-up-for-each-other.html) used the occasion of the [95th Academy Awards](https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2023/03/oscar-winner-ke-huy-quan-and-harrison-ford-embraced-onstage-and-it-was-magical.html) to remember her big moment onstage at the 68th Academy Awards. [Mira Sorvino](https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/07/nj-s-mira-sorvino-mourns-paul-sorvino-my-heart-is-rent-asunder-they-always-showed-up-for-each-other.html) used the occasion of the [95th Academy Awards](https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2023/03/oscar-winner-ke-huy-quan-and-harrison-ford-embraced-onstage-and-it-was-magical.html) to remember her big moment onstage at the 68th Academy Awards.

Mira Sorvino and her mother have expressed dismay that the late, great character actor wasn't included in Sunday night's In Memoriam segment at the Oscars ...

It also refused to say whether she would be featured in its “In Memoriam” segment or how it chooses the people who are honored. It also has allowed her to share stories about her life and activism that either can’t be verified or have been disputed by her sisters or the historical record. It also continues to identify her as Apache and Yaqui in its museum and in videos and other materials posted on its website. Meanwhile, Littlefeather’s sisters, Trudy Orlando and Rosalind Cruz, had worried for weeks that the Academy would consider including her in its “In Memoriam” tribute. “They will (include her) because they need to keep covering up for themselves,” Cruz. “She lived on the merits of other truly identified activists.” Blake’s long career in Hollywood, including a starring role in the acclaimed 1967 film, “In Cold Blood,” was overshadowed by his arrest and subsequent acquittal in the 2001 shooting death of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. “It is unconscionable that he would be left out of the “In Memoriam” segment of the OscarsIt’s a three-hour show, they can’t give a couple more minutes to get it right? [at the center of an Oscars controversy ](https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/03/06/oscars-other-scandal-the-academy-really-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-sacheen-littlefeather/)over Pretendians, people who falsely claim to be Native American for money, fame and other opportunities. It might have been too late for the Academy to include Blake in its tributes, or perhaps he wouldn’t have been included anyway. [seven low-budget independent or exploitation films](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514693/) in the 1970s, roles she mostly obtained after her 1973 Oscars appearance. What could be even more troubling for Sorvino’s family, friends and fans is that he received the same level of attention from the Oscars as problematic Bay Area activist and actor Sacheen Littlefeather.

E! founder and fellow Brooklynite Larry Namer presented the 2023 Icon Award honoring Paul to his widow Dee Dee Sorvino. The FRFF Icon Award was presented ...

He was the founder of the [Paul Sorvino](/people/Paul-Sorvino/) Asthma Foundation. [Paul Sorvino](/people/Paul-Sorvino/) has appeared in nearly 200 films, a variety of television shows, and Broadway productions. The FRFF Icon Award was presented prior to the official telecast, which sadly overlooked the actor in its "in memoriam" segment.

Mira Sorvino has said she is "baffled beyond belief" that her father, Paul Sorvino, was omitted from in memoriam segment at Oscars.

She later posted on Twitter about her father’s omission, saying: “It is baffling beyond belief that my beloved father and many other amazing brilliant departed actors were left out. He’s also credited as an opera singer, writer and sculptor. We hope [the Academy] does something to put this right.”

Mira Sorvino and her late father Paul Sorvino share an exceedingly sweet history in show business, perhaps exemplified by Paul's tearful response to Mira ...

The Goodfellas actor, who died in July 2022, was not featured in the televised portion of the 95th Academy Awards' tribute to late industry luminaries.

I was proud and honored to have worked with all three of these men and it saddened me to see Hollywood ignore them on its biggest night.” Way to go, Academy—you somehow found a way to make Dominic Di Grasso feel Paul was not the only deserving soul left out, and a QR Code is not acceptable. “SORVINO, SIRICO and SIZEMORE,” Imperioli wrote. But Paul’s surprising omission from the televised [In Memoriam](https://www.avclub.com/the-oscars-cut-charlbi-dean-more-televised-in-memoriam-1850218637) segment at Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony provided a new and decidedly less heartwarming chapter in the duo’s history with the awards specifically—one Mira herself has now called out publicly. “Paul Sorvino was one of the greatest actors in cinematic history in Hollywood. Paul Sorvino gave decades to this industry and was loved by all.