Originally from California, Alyse moved to the East Coast over 30 years ago to be the White House Liaison for Mrs. Reagan’s Foster Grandparent Program. In the ‘80’s, she worked in protocol for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, and went on to successfully teach and franchise a course in etiquette. Before moving back east, she authored Miss Best’s Etiquette for Young People. In 1993, she married Joseph A. Muldoon, Jr. and moved to Gone Away Farm where she began breeding and showing hunter/jumper horses, while enjoying a modeling career in print and runway.
In March of 2008, Alyse’s husband and stepfather died of cancer within a day of each other. She and her daughter, Lanah Fitzgerald, opened Briarley Hill Retreat, a Christian retreat center located on her scenic 86-acre horse farm just outside of Washington, D.C.
During that time she authored the book: Meditations From Your Abba Father, a daily devotional of her encounters with God. In 2013, Alyse met the actor Tony Lo Bianco, and they were married 2 years later. Tony and Alyse divide their time between New York and Maryland.
Alyse received her college degree from Southern Adventist University. She is an author, speaker, prophetic encourager and a licensed Biblical Counselor.
Alyse also manages her horse farm as well as her husband Tony’s schedule and appearances.
The career of actor Tony Lo Bianco is distinguished as much by its depth and variety as by the skills and gifts Mr. Lo Bianco brings to his work. He has appeared in over 100 films, television programs, and stage performances, both on-screen and off as a writer, director, and producer.
On stage, Off-Broadway, Mr. Lo Bianco won an Obie Award for Best Actor in Jonathan Reynold’s Yanks-3, Detroit-0, Top of the 7th. Following his memorable performance as Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge on Broadway, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor, and won the Outer Critics Circle Award. He also received an Emmy Award for Hizzoner! The Life of Fiorello La Guardia. His Just A Common Soldier video has received over 30 million views, and 2 Emmys.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, as a teenager, he was a former Golden Gloves boxer and an all-star baseball player.
His best known film performances are as Sal Boca in the 5 Academy Awards winner The French Connection, with Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider ; as Ray Fernandez in cult classic The Honeymoon Killers; as Peter in God Told Me To; Bloodbrothers with Richard Gere; City Heat with Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds; Oliver Stone’s Nixon with Anthony Hopkins; The Juror with Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore; and F.I.S.T. with Sylvester Stallone, Kill the Irishman, alongside Vincent D’Onofrio, Val Kilmer, and Christopher Walken and The Engagement Ring with Lainie Kazan and Patricia Heaton.
On television, Mr. Lo Bianco starred as the undefeated heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano in Marciano, and again in the remake, The Rocky Marciano Story with George C. Scott and Jon Favreau. He appeared in the mini-series Marco Polo; Franco Zeffirelli’s Jesus of Nazareth with Lawrence Olivier and Anthony Quinn; he co-starred in La Romana with Gina Lollobrigeda and in The Last Tenant with legendary acting teacher Lee Strasberg. Mr. Lo Bianco starred in the television series, Police Story and Palace Guard, and co-starred in the television series, Jessie, with Lindsay Wagner. He has appeared in episodes of Law & Order; Murder, She Wrote; and numerous two-hour movies of the week. As a director, Mr. Lo Bianco directed episodes of television series Police Story, Kaz and several others, and the feature film Too Scared to Scream.
Mr. Lo Bianco served as the National Spokesperson for the Order Sons of Italy. His many humanitarian efforts have earned multiple awards, including the Eleanora Duse Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Performing Arts; Man of the Year for Outstanding Contributions to the Italian-American Community from the Police Society of New Jersey; a Man of the Year Award from the State of New Jersey Senate; a Lifetime Entertainment Award from the Columbus Day Parade Committee; the 1997 Golden Lion Award; and the Humanitarian Award of the Boys’ Town of Italy, and the Ellis Island Medal of honor. He is a member of the Italian American National Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Louis Prima Arts and Entertainment Award.
Tony is proud of his involvement with The USO, Building Homes for Heroes, The Wounded Warrior Project, NIAF, Sons of Italy in America, St. Francis Food Pantries, Operation Warrior Shield, the Police and Fire Departments, many other charitable organizations and the St. Pio Foundation.
Tony is now married to the love of his life, the beautiful and talented Alyse and they divide their time between their apartment in New York City and their horse farm in Poolesville, Maryland.
