她拍过默片，演过几十年舞台剧，拍摄第二部电影的时候距离其电影处女作竟已二十五个年头，此后可用高产来形容。其间曾从好莱坞出逃，重回百老汇。六十年代重回大银幕，事业走向巅峰，《罗斯玛丽的婴儿》使73岁高龄的她成为奥斯卡和金球奖的双料最佳女配角；她除了拍戏，还写作剧本，凯瑟琳·赫本和史宾赛·屈赛主演的《亚当的肋骨》就出自她的笔手。
罗伯·莱纳以演员起家，却因执导的第一部电影《摇滚万岁》(1984) 而成名，为自己在好莱坞界赢得具有票房潜力的商业导演之美名；尤其以两部在评论界倍受好评、票房上亦获成功的喜剧《公主新娘》(1987)及《当哈利碰上莎莉》(1989) 最受人瞩目；此外，青少年电影《犯贱情人》(1985)、由史...
He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. His mother, Angela (Renzi), was a piano teacher, of Italian descent. His father, Ford Sorvino, was an Italian immigrant who worked in a robe factory as a foreman. Paul originally had his heart set on a life as an opera singer. He was exposed to dramatic arts while studying at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. He furthered his studies with Sanford Meisner and eventually made his film debut in Where's Poppa? (1970).
