ACTOR Steve Buscemi has starred in many films throughout his successful entertainment career.
His wife, Jo Andres, tragically died at age 64 on January 6, 2019.
Who was Steve Buscemi’s wife, Jo Andres?
Steve Buscemi’s wife, Jo Andres, was born in Wichita, Kansas, on May 21, 1954.
She was a filmmaker, choreographer, and artist who “received acclaim” for her 1996 short film Black Kites, which played at multiple film festivals, including Sundance, Toronto, and London, per People.
Andres also directed music and art videos, “including her own performance works,” according to the publication.
In a September 2009 interview with the Independent, Buscemi said his favorite work of art was “probably something by my wife Jo Andres.”
“She paints, she makes films, she has done performance,” he continued.
According to The New York Times, Andres was a visual artist “whose experimental choreography performed at clubs in downtown Manhattan and evocative short films were imbued with fantastical and dreamlike imagery.”
In the early 1980s, she moved from Ohio to New York and “began to develop choreography that immersed the audience in a more sensually enriching experience than simply watching dancers, like herself, performing onstage.”
She had graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in dance, later earning a master’s degree in film there, per the outlet.
As The New York Times reported, Andres passed away at age 64 on January 6, 2019, at her Brooklyn, New York home.
According to the publication, Buscemi said her cause of death was encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis. She had also undergone treatment for ovarian cancer.
Per the National Library of Medicine, encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis “is a devastating but, fortunately, rare complication of long-term peritoneal dialysis.”
“The disease is associated with extensive thickening and fibrosis of the peritoneum resulting in the formation of a fibrous cocoon encapsulating the bowel leading to intestinal obstruction,” it continues.
Andres and Buscemi were married for over 30 years before her tragic death, having wed in 1987.
Did they have any children together?
Andres and Buscemi had one child together.
Their son, 34-year-old Lucian Buscemi, was born in 1990.
According to his IMDb profile, he is an actor known for the 1996 film Trees Lounge and also appeared in a 2004 episode of The Sopranos.
He was featured in his mother’s successful 1996 short film, Black Kites, alongside his father.
Lucian also worked as a sound assistant for the movies 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011) and Sal (2011), and wrote 0157:H7 (Spy Song) for the 2007 film, Interview, which starred his father.
Who is Steve Buscemi?
Buscemi was born in Brooklyn on December 13, 1957.
The 66-year-old actor has starred in many films throughout his accomplished Hollywood career,
According to his IMDb profile, he is known for Reservoir Dogs (1992), Fargo (1996), Ghost World (2001), and The Death of Stalin (2017).
He has also starred in movies such as Heart of Midnight (1988), Miller’s Crossing (1990), Animal Factory (2000), Pete Smalls Is Dead (2010), and The King of Staten Island (2020).
Buscemi also played the voice of Randall Boggs in the hit 2001 animated comedy film, Monsters, Inc., and its spin-offs.
The accomplished actor starred in the television series Boardwalk Empire from 2010 to 2014 and has also been featured in shows such as The Sopranos (2004-2006), The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1992-1994), and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2016-2019).
He has earned many awards throughout his career, such as the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series – 2016.
NBC News reported that Buscemi was walking in New York City “when someone punched him in broad daylight on a Manhattan street” on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
Per the outlet, the police department’s public information office said the crime occurred just before noon.
When police arrived, they found Buscemi “with bruising, swelling and bleeding to his left eye,” per NBC News.
The actor was stable when emergency services took him to a hospital, where he was treated for his injuries, according to the publication.
“Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Mid-Town Manhattan, another victim of a random act of violence in the city,” Buscemi’s publicist wrote in an email statement, per NBC News.
“He is ok and appreciates everyone’s well wishes, though incredibly sad for everyone that this has happened to while also walking the streets of NY.”
According to police, an investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made at this time.
