Birth Name: Carla Paolina Gallo
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Date of Birth: June 24, 1975
Ethnicity:
*75% Italian (including Sicilian)
*25% German
Carla Gallo is an American actress. She is the daughter of Mildred Josephine (Coiro) and Samuel Eugene Gallo.
Carla’s paternal grandparents were Giuseppe/Joseph Gallo (the son of Salvatore Gallo and Antonia Marie Murana) and Pauline M. Crane (the daughter of Philander Philetus Crane and Edna Laura Keller). Giuseppe was Italian, from Trapani, Sicily. Pauline, and her parents, were born in Ohio, of German origin.
Carla’s maternal grandparents were Filippo/Philip Coiro (the son of Angelo Coiro and Giusephina Spinelle) and Giusephine/Josephine Meluso (the daughter of Carmine Meluso and Anna Ippolito). Carla’s grandparents Filippo and Giusephine were Italian immigrants. The surname “Coiro” is Calabrese.
Sources: Carla’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Carla’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Carla’s father – http://query.nytimes.com
Carla’s mother on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Carla’s maternal grandparents, Filippo/Philip Coiro and Giusephine/Josephine Meluso – https://familysearch.org
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