---
name: "Toni Kalem"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/toni-kalem"
fi1m_id: "toni-kalem"
imdb_id: "nm0435677"
tmdb_id: 3006
wikidata_id: "Q515753"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "29 August 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T21:59:37.923804+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Toni Kalem

## Identity

Toni Kalem

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/toni-kalem
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** toni-kalem
- **IMDb ID:** nm0435677
- **TMDB ID:** 3006
- **Wikidata ID:** Q515753
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Kalem, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515753, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435677/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3006

Writer. Born 29 August 1956 in Springfield, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 29 August 1956, Springfield, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1980–1999
- **Also known as:** Toni Z. Kalem, Тони Кэлем, Тони З. Калем
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 64 (1), 1990s 86 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Kalem, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515753, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435677/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3006

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94)

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## Biography

Toni Kalem is an American actress, screenwriter and director. Born on 29 August 1956 in Springfield, New Jersey, she began her career in the late 1970s with roles in films such as *The Wanderers* (1979) and *Private Benjamin* (1980).

She is best known for portraying Angie Bonpensiero on the HBO series *The Sopranos* (2000–2006). Kalem also wrote the episode 'All Happy Families...' (2004) for the series. Her other screenwriting credits include an episode of *The Big C* (2010). In 1999 she wrote and directed the feature film *A Slipping-Down Life*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Sister Act* (1992), Fi1m 78, as Connie LaRocca — [page](https://film.one/film/sister-act.md)
- *Private Benjamin* (1980), Fi1m 64, as Pvt. Tina Gianelli — [page](https://film.one/film/private-benjamin.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Writer, Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Big C* (2010), series, Writer
- *Infidelity* (2004), Writer
- *15 Minutes* (2001), as Woman at Planet Hollywood
- *Deadline* (2000), series, as Angela Masucci
- *A Slipping Down Life* (1999), Director, Writer
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, as Angie Bonpensiero · Writer, Story Editor — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *American Strays* (1996), as Alice
- *Double Jeopardy* (1996), as Sue Schilling
- *The Odd Couple: Together Again* (1993), as Edna
- *Sister Act* (1992), as Connie LaRocca — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sister-act.md)
- *Eyes of the Beholder* (1992), as Dr. Gruber
- *Billy Galvin* (1986), Actor
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, as Elaine Harryman
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Sarah
- *The Comedy Factory* (1985), series, as Ellen Nance
- *Badge of the Assassin* (1985), as Diane Piagentini
- *Reckless* (1984), as Donna
- *Two of a Kind* (1983), as Terri
- *Running Out* (1983), as Shelley
- *The American Snitch* (1983), as Holly
- *Love* (1982), as Girl ("For Life")
- *Silent Rage* (1982), as Alison Halman
- *I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can* (1982), as Debby
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Nora
- *Splendor in the Grass* (1981), as Angelina
- *Paternity* (1981), as Diane Cassabello
- *Private Benjamin* (1980), as Pvt. Tina Gianelli — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/private-benjamin.md)
- *The Boy Who Drank Too Much* (1980), as Tina
- *The Wanderers* (1979), as Despie Galasso
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, as Molly Bristol
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Nora — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Family Honor* (1973), as Carla Regatti

## Gallery

- ![Toni Kalem](https://film.one/media/person/60944/gallery-80012b58194e.jpg) Toni Kalem — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Toni_Kalem_Another_World_1976_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Toni Kalem as Angie Bonpensiero in "Commendatori" (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/60944/gallery-2556c5cb8d8c.jpg) Toni Kalem as Angie Bonpensiero in "Commendatori" (2024) — HBO, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Angie_Bonpensiero_%28The_Sopranos_Top_25_Best_Lines%29.jpg/1280px-Angie_Bonpensiero_%28The_Sopranos_Top_25_Best_Lines%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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