Joseph Angelo D'Allesandro III (born December 31, 1948) is an American
actor and Warhol superstar. Having also crossed over into mainstream
roles like mobster Lucky Luciano in The Cotton Club, Dallesandro is
generally considered to be the most famous male sex symbol of American
underground films of the 20th century, as well as a sex symbol of gay
subculture.Dallesandro starred in the 1968 film produced by Andy
Warhol, Flesh, as a teenage street hustler. Rolling Stone in 1970
declared his second starring vehicle, Trash, the "Best Film of the
Year", making him a star of the youth culture, sexual revolution and
subcultural New York City art collective of the 1970s. Dallesandro
also starred in 1972's Heat, another Warhol film that was conceived as
a parody of Sunset Boulevard.He was born in Pensacola, Florida, to
Joseph Angelo D'Allesandro II, who was in the U.S. Navy. His mother,
Thelma Testman, was 16 years old. By the time Joe III was five years
old, his mother was serving fifteen years in a Federal Penitentiary
for interstate auto theft.
actor and Warhol superstar. Having also crossed over into mainstream
roles like mobster Lucky Luciano in The Cotton Club, Dallesandro is
generally considered to be the most famous male sex symbol of American
underground films of the 20th century, as well as a sex symbol of gay
subculture.Dallesandro starred in the 1968 film produced by Andy
Warhol, Flesh, as a teenage street hustler. Rolling Stone in 1970
declared his second starring vehicle, Trash, the "Best Film of the
Year", making him a star of the youth culture, sexual revolution and
subcultural New York City art collective of the 1970s. Dallesandro
also starred in 1972's Heat, another Warhol film that was conceived as
a parody of Sunset Boulevard.He was born in Pensacola, Florida, to
Joseph Angelo D'Allesandro II, who was in the U.S. Navy. His mother,
Thelma Testman, was 16 years old. By the time Joe III was five years
old, his mother was serving fifteen years in a Federal Penitentiary
for interstate auto theft.
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