Full Name Helen D'Avanzo Spouse Harold Angel Giuliani Siblings Leo D'Avanzo | Nationality American Children Rudy Giuliani | |
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Born September 26, 1909 ( 1909-09-26 ) Brooklyn, NY, U.S. Resting place St. John Cemetery (Queens), Queens, NY, U.S. Known for Mother of New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani Parent(s) Louis D'Avanzo (1898–1957)
Adelena D'Avanzo (1901–1968) Died 8 September 2002, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Residence New York City, New York, United States Similar Rudy Giuliani, Judith Giuliani, Regina Peruggi, Donna Hanover, Andrew Giuliani | ||
Helen Giuliani (née D'Avanzo; September 26, 1909 – September 8 2002) was the mother of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Early life
Helen Giuliani (née D'Avanzo) was born in Brooklyn, on Sept. 26, 1909, to Luigi (Louis) and Adelena D'Avanzo. Her father, a barber who had emigrated from Avellino Italy, died in 1925, leaving her mother to raise her and her six siblings. Helen and her siblings were raised Roman Catholic.
She met Harold Giuliani, a plumber and bartender, at a party in 1929 or 1930; They married in 1936, and had one child: Rudy Giuliani, in 1944. The family lived in East Flatbush, Brooklyn until Harold died of prostate cancer in 1981, after which time Helen moved to Manhattan's Upper East Side.
She was featured in a television commercial to promote her son in the 1993 Mayoral Election.