Inside the Life of Frankie Valli's Daughter ·
Sarah Oconnell
Antonia Valli is the first daughter of Frankie Valli. Antonia Valli’s father Francesco Stephen Castelluccio better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer, known as the frontman of the Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice. His number-one hits include “Sherry” (1962), “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (1962), “Walk Like a Man” (1963), “Rag Doll” (1964), and “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” (1975). Valli is one of the most beloved singers of the last century and a father of six children.
Antonia Valli: Bio Summary
How old is Toni Valli?
Frankie Valli and Mary Mandel’s first daughter together was Antonia Valli. Though Toni Valli’s age is unknown, she is believed to be in her early late 60s. Toni grew up in New Jersey with her 5 siblings- a biological sibling Francine Valli, three half-siblings from his father’s other marriages- Emilio Valli, Brando Valli, and Francesco Valli– and an elder half-sister- Celia Valli– from her mother’s previous relationship before she met her father.
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Antonia Valli got married to Gerry Polci of her father’s band, the Four Seasons, in 1987. Narrating how they meet- “I first saw him when I was 15,” Toni told the New York Times in 1995. “I fell in love with him the first time I ever saw him. My father had been raving about him as a drummer — the best he had ever heard, he said — but when he saw how I felt about Gerry, my father said I wasn’t going to marry any musician.”
Her father eventually came around and blessed their marriage. Toni and Polci had two children: Olivia, born in 1993, and Dario, born in 1994. Though they promised each other forever, Things didn’t go as planned. Antonia Valli and her husband Gerry Polci have since divorced.
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Antonia Valli’s daughter Olivia Valli is an actress
Choosing a career in the entertainment industry, Olivia Valli is following in the footsteps of her famous grandfather to be a performer. Toni Valli’s daughter portrayed her grandmother Mary Mandel in the 2019 off-Broadway production of Jersey Boys and traveled with the 2022 national tour of Pretty Woman.
For most of her life, Olivia was the one in the crowd when she would see Frankie perform but this time she had the chance to also perform. She joined the cast of Broadway’s production of Jersey Boys in 2019 as her grandmother, marking what many believe is the first time someone has portrayed a family member on Broadway. The young actress told the Italian Tribune, the experience was very special.
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“I love honoring my family eight times a week doing what I love,” she said. “I’m absolutely honored to join such an incredible cast. Everyone is so wonderful and insanely talented. To know I am performing on stage with them is really something special.“
Talking about her first memories of seeing her grandfather performing, Antonia Valli’s daughter Olivia Valli told PEOPLE- “I was like, ‘Wow, my grandfather, he’s a really good singer. This is so cool.’ Then I turn around, and I just see this wave of people because we were relatively close to the front. And I was like, ‘Oh, he’s a really big deal. Oh my God.’ … And I turned to my mom, and I go, ‘Mom, is Grandpa famous?’ And she was like, ‘Yes.’“
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The death of Toni’s sisters and her mother
Antonia Valli lost two sisters. Her elder sister Celia Valli died in February 1980 during an accident. was killed when she fell off a fire escape. Six months later Francine, also reportedly died from a drug overdose. According to the Jersey Boys Blog, Antonia Valli’s mother Mary Mandel died on May 10, 2007. The cause of her death was not revealed. Frankie got married to her fourth and current wife Jackie Jacobs, on June 26, 2023, in Las Vegas. He was previously married to MaryAnn Hannigan and Randy Clohessy.
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