Sunday, March 27, 2011

Danny Greene's ex-wife, daughter give thumbs-up to documentary, feature film

I chatted with Danny Greene’s ex-wife and daughter Friday night after the screening of Danny Greene: The Rise and Fall of the Irishman, the documentary about the late gangster's life, at the Cleveland International Film Festival. They gave it two thumbs-up.

“The documentary was very good,” said Nancy Greene, who married Greene twice, in the late '50s and early '60s; they divorced for good in the mid-'70s.

“They portrayed what they needed to," she said. "They got their point across about who Danny was. Yes, he was a son of a gun.”

Nancy Greene and her daughter, Sharon Greene Wehagen, both appear in the documentary. On screen, Nancy describes her ex-husband as a Jekyll and Hyde character. “He could be very nice; he could be very violent.”

Nancy also hinted at domestic conflicts when I asked her and Sharon what the documentary captured about Greene. Sharon said it portrayed her father’s charisma, “the way he walked into a room.”

“I could say what a son of a gun he is,” Nancy added, “and he would walk in, and project himself, and make ‘em say I was the liar and he was the good guy.

“He really won you over -- before he boiled your blood.”

The Greenes also liked Kill the Irishman, the feature-film biopic now playing at area theaters. Nancy said she identified with the scene where Greene’s fictional film wife leaves him, fearing Greene’s enemies would hurt their children. In real life, Nancy divorced him for the same reason.

Otherwise, “She’s totally opposite of me,” Nancy said. “I’m a hotheaded Slovenian. She was a quiet Irish girl.”

Nancy and Danny met, not at a bar like in the movie, but in the pool hall Nancy’s uncle owned. He was 22 and she was 18. “He wanted to make me Irish potatoes and pork chops.”

Sharon says she knew little about her father’s life of crime. “I knew he had a job, that he went to work.” He told his daughters he was a consultant. (Labor consultant was the profession listed on his death certificate, displayed in the documentary.)

“He treated us like special girls,” Sharon said. “He didn’t seem like any different dad than anybody else.”

Except for the one incident Sharon retells in the documentary, when Greene came home singed from head to toe, presumably by a bomb. He didn’t explain, and she, in fifth grade at the time, didn’t ask.

“We didn’t really talk to him about what he was doing,” Sharon recalled. “You just didn’t do that. You just took care of him. You don’t ask those questions.”

The film fest is showing Danny Greene: The Rise and Fall of the Irishman again tonight at 7:05. The showing is on standby, so head to Tower City early if you want a shot at getting in.

60 comments:

Anonymous said...

He also had son's one by a mistress. His name is Joe who looks so much like Danny he could have played him in the movie!

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Susan DeSantis Ferritto widow of Ray Ferritto and author of "FERRITTO An Assassin Scorned" teams up with Nancy Greene the former wife of Danny "The Irishman" Greene in the name of charity. Book autographing event is 7/18/2015 at HALF PRICE BOOK STORE, Mentor Ohio, from 2 - 4 pm. Join them for pics and autographs.

Unknown said...

I would like to see a pic of the son

Unknown said...

I would like to see a pic of the son

Nancy Kavick said...

I wish I could see a picture of Danny's teenage girlfriend. But I have never seen any trace of her on the internet, anywhere. In the movie, her name is Ellie O'Hara. But in the book TO Kill The Irishman, it says her name is Debbie

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Anonymous said...

Fell asleep at end of picture..dayum

Anonymous said...

She feels that way because ,uhh he killed alot of people..probably alot more than movie depicted

mkinpv said...

I just finished watching "Kill the Irishman" on cable tv. I do not condone what Danny Greene did, but I also noticed a lot of Italians that had no problem killing, dicing and slicing people and then going home to his wife and kids, then going to confession on Sunday. John Scalish had a funeral like he was some president or decorated military person. So if there is a scale of 1 to 10 for scum, I'd say it is the Italian's.

Anonymous said...

I just watched kill the Irishman. Awesome movie I bet he could've taken over whitey Bolger outfit and made it better. I want to know more about the man...

Unknown said...

Her name was Denise Schmidt and she was 19 years old

Anonymous said...

In 1977 I was in 6th grade class at St Clair Catholic school in Lyndhurst and the blast from Brainard place could be felt, during those mob years I remember my father saying we might wake up to our house being blown up explosions were happening so frequently..

Anonymous said...

As an orphan, put myself thru high school, thru college in downtown Cleveland, lived and partied in downtown, and flats. That's where I met mr greene. I came to the bar on a motorcycle to see a friend working there. He didn't care for motorcycles. I never returned on one. He treated me aftrewards with respect.

Anonymous said...

But he wasn't a coward like you afraid to show your name.

Anonymous said...

Rest in peace Danny.

Unknown said...

He was my grandfather through blood

Unknown said...

He was my grandfather through blood

Anonymous said...

He had another son (Dusty) . Looks just like him.

Anonymous said...

Been out to Calvary and can not find his gravesite. They would not say that he's officially buried there. At find a grave they have him in section 10. I walked it and could not find a single Greene buried there. Does anyone know the exact spot? I visit gravesite s of famous people. It's a thing. Thank u.

Unknown said...

I would to

Unknown said...

Grew up with distant relatives of his. Have Irish blood myself.

Unknown said...

You know a Liz Greene?

K Chuck said...

He ashes is buried on top of his mothers casket. Please be respectful.

Anonymous said...

He left my dentist's office right before he met his Maker. My Mom remembered meeting him in the waiting area at my dentist's office. When I was in HS (late 70's) we used to hang around Coventry and Mayfield, but I could never understand why my parents were so nervous about it.

Kennedy said...

That’s so interesting. How did you learn this information? I’ve not been able to locate his gravesite either. To confirm, his ashes are buried in his mother’s plot? Or, were they spread upon the plot? Thanks!

Kennedy said...

Did your mom meet him in the dentist’s office on the day he died, or on a previous occasion?

Kennedy said...

Did you hear a lot of stories about your grandfather?

Kennedy said...

That’s so interesting. How did you learn this information? I’ve not been able to locate his gravesite either. To confirm, his ashes are buried in his mother’s plot? Or, were they spread upon the plot? Thanks!

Unknown said...

My name is Eric Taylor. My brother Scott who is now deceased married Danny Green's youngest daughter Colleen. Anyhow I live with me and see green and my nephew. Nancy is not doing so well she's been diagnosed with bone cancer and she's going through chemotherapy. Are landlords who died left his house to his brother and he is evicting us.

Unknown said...

He's my favorite Irishman. RIH Danny

Unknown said...

Danny's daughter Sharon used to be customer of my father's then of mine after my father died & I took over his business.

Anonymous said...

The hitman who killed Danny only did 4yrs in prison because he flipped and told the FBI everything he died at age 75 not fair someone should have made him pay

Unknown said...

I agree!!

Unknown said...

I like the irish if i wernt a mex id good being irish. Ef those who talk crap about irish

Anonymous said...

Had Mr.Greene had any relevance or clientele work to any mobs in Michigan?

Ferry said...

What's a murdeing?lol
Can any1 tell me like some nuisance tried to write above!
Im a proud Irish man an English is my second Language yet I still manage to spell not to bad!
If you have nothing good to say ...say nothing!
Danny Greene was proud of his roots too so could you man or woman enough to say where you are from?
Eire Go Bragh!

Unknown said...

i have many. friends in Youngstown Ohio and ronnie carrabia still has family here he is the one who planted the bomb that killed danny i know it was made here as well

Anonymous said...

Daniel Greene's grandson Daniel Whehagen is also a murderer. He just uses street drugs to murder. Murdered my sister in law. Crap doesn't flow far from Crap.

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Just watched the movie last night To Kill The Irishman. I thought it very interesting. He did have a good side. I am curious if any of his kids are alive and information about his girlfriend. I guess she was very young. Did he really save her in the scene where the house is bombed and falls down?

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Anonymous said...

That is correct.
Italians are the scums of the earth..

Anonymous said...

Sure you are afraid to show yours.