Long Island’s Film & TV Family

Actor: Eddie Murphy — raised in Roosevelt.

Actress: Jenna Ushkowitz — raised in East Meadow.

Director: Gerry Ferretti — Lindenhurst.

Musician: Billy Idol — lived in Patchogue.

Filmmaker: Scott Aharoni — Great Neck.

Movie: Scent of a Woman (1992) — Al Pacino’s Oscar-winning role, filmed in Sands Point and Port Washington.

For more info on this movie, check it out on this website.

Book: Night Fall by Nelson DeMille — John Corey reopens the mystery of TWA Flight 800, lost off Long Island’s South Shore.