![]() He also was a contestant on Star Search in the stand-up comedy category. His career included many outlets, such as Comedy Central, where he had been a recurring guest voice on the show Dr. His early comedy career started when he competed in the Johnnie Walker Comedy Search in 1989 directed by Saturday Night Live short film producer Neal Marshad and appeared on The Comedy Channel. Before getting into show business, Romano briefly attended Queens College, in Flushing, New York, where he studied accounting. He was in the same high school class as Fran Drescher. After transferring from Archbishop Molloy High School, Romano graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1975. Romano attended elementary and middle school at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Forest Hills. She also served as a mentor, helping him to feel more comfortable on set. At the time of her death, Romano said he was inspired by her desire to continue learning throughout her life. Romano also remained close to Doris Roberts, who played his character's mother on Everyone Loves Raymond. Romano told People magazine that "the reason we're going public is to share our experience, yeah, but to have an effect. In February 2012, Romano revealed that his wife Anna had successfully battled stage one breast cancer in 2010. Romano's wife Anna appeared as one of the moms in the background at Geoffrey and Michael's school in season 6's episode titled "The Angry Family." Romano's brother, Richard Romano, appeared in the episodes "Golf For It", "Just a Formality" and "The Toaster". Romano's father, Albert Romano, has made various appearances as Albert, one of Frank Barone's lodge buddies in various episodes such as "Debra at the Lodge", and "Boys' Therapy". Romano's real-life daughter Alexandra "Ally" Romano made several appearances on Everybody Loves Raymond as Molly, the best friend of his on-screen daughter, Ally, and the daughter of Ray Barone's nemesis, Peggy the Cookie Lady. ![]() Romano's family has made various appearances in the show. He also said his brother was not pleased with Ray Barone's TV brother. ![]() Also, in the series pilot, Ray and Debra's twin boys were named Gregory and Matthew, after Romano's real-life twin sons, but Romano felt it was inconvenient to have all his TV children have the same names as his real children, and changed the twins' names to Geoffrey and Michael on screen. Romano's character's daughter on Everybody Loves Raymond was named after his real-life daughter. They met while working at a bank together. Romano married his wife, Anna Scarpulla, in 1987. He has an older brother, Richard (born in 1956), a sergeant with the NYPD, and a younger brother, Robert, a second grade teacher in New York City. ![]() He grew up in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. Romano was born in Queens, New York, the son of Lucie (née Fortini), a piano teacher, and Albert Romano (Novem– March 11, 2010), a real estate agent and engineer. ![]()
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