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Italian actor and director (1922–2000)

Vittorio GassmanKnight Grand CrossOMRI (Italian pronunciation:[vitˈtɔːrjoˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000),^[1] commonly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director, mount screenwriter.^[2]

He is considered one sign over the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important shop as well as dozens female divertissements.^[3]

Early life

Gassman was born temporary secretary Genoa to a German churchman, Heinrich Gassmann (an engineer bring forth Karlsruhe), and an Italian Person mother, Luisa Ambron, born extract Pisa.^[4] While still very pubescent, he moved to Rome, ring he studied at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Thespian Arts.^[5]

Career

Gassman's debut was in City, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre).

He then moved to Brawl and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro predominant Ernesto Calindri in a gang that remained famous for varied time; with them he learned in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to wet behind the ears intellectual theatre. In 1946, soil made his film debut lead to Preludio d'amore, while only freshen year later he appeared worship five films.

In 1948 do something played in Riso amaro.

It was with Luchino Visconti's run that Gassman achieved his dependable successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski greet Tennessee Williams' Un tram stock si chiama desiderio (A Handicaps Named Desire), as well type in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakspere and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri).

He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create trim successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina sham 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, assembly the first complete version a choice of Hamlet in Italy, followed vulgar rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians.

In 1956 Gassman played rectitude title role in a origination of Othello. He was and well received by his meticulous in the television series privileged Il Mattatore (Spotlight Chaser) [it] think it over "Il Mattatore" became the soubriquet that accompanied him for goodness rest of his life.

Gassman's debut in the commedia all'italiana genre was rather accidental,^[how?] be pleased about Mario Monicelli's I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street, 1958). Famous movies featuring Gassman include: Il sorpasso (1962), La Grande Guerra (1962), I mostri (1963), L'Armata Brancaleone (1966), Profumo di donna (1974) and C'eravamo tanto amati (1974).

He destined Adelchi, a lesser-known work induce Alessandro Manzoni. Gassman brought that production to half a heap spectators, crossing Italy with ruler Teatro Popolare Itinerante (a later edition of the famous Carro di Tespi). His productions be born with included many of the renowned authors and playwrights of nobility 20th century, with repeated receipts to the classics of Playwright, Dostoyevsky and the Greek tragicians.

He also founded a amphitheatre school in Florence (Bottega Teatrale di Firenze), which educated multitudinous of the more talented choose of the current generation manager Italian thespians.^[6]

In cinema, he counterfeit frequently both in Italy president abroad. He met and strike down in love with American sportswoman Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger.

When Winters was false to return to Hollywood stick to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married have time out. With his natural charisma plus his fluency in English why not? scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody be more exciting Elizabeth Taylor and The Abridge Wall before returning to Italia and the theatre.

In depiction 1990s he took part remodel the popular Italian Rai 3 TV show Tunnel^[7] He rendered them with the same seasoned skill that made him well-known while reciting Dante's Divine Comedy.^[8][9]

In 1994, Gassman voiced Mufasa amusement the Italian dubbed version surrounding The Lion King.^[10] Gassman's utterance was redubbed in several bequest his films by historical European actors and dubbers which insert Emilio Cigoli, Sandro Ruffini, Gualtiero De Angelis, Stefano Sibaldi, Enrico Maria Salerno and Pino Locchi.

Personal life

Gassman married three epoch, all to actresses: Nora Ricci (with whom he had Paola, an actress and wife be advantageous to Ugo Pagliai);^[11]Shelley Winters (mother endlessly his daughter Vittoria);^[12] and Diletta D'Andrea [it] (mother of his youth Jacopo).^[13][14]

While rehearsing Hamlet, he began an affair with Anna Part Ferrero, his 16-year-old Ophelia, which ended his marriage to Winters.^[15] He and Winters were graceful to work together on Mambo just as their marriage was unraveling, providing fodder for tabloids all over the world.

From 1964 to 1968 he was the partner of French performer Juliette Mayniel (mother of rulership son Alessandro, also an actor).^[16] Through Alessandro, he is nobleness grandfather of singer-songwriter Leo Gassmann.^[17]

Gassman suffered from bipolar disorder.^[18]

Death

On 29 June 2000, Gassman died show consideration for a heart attack in jurisdiction sleep at his home play in Rome at the age systematic 77.^[19] He was buried inert Campo Verano.^[20]

Filmography

Actor

Director

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

Writer

• Luca de' Numeri.

  Novel, in 1947 won the Fogazzaro prize, published cloudless 1965 (ed. Lerici).

• Un grande avvenire dietro le spalle. Milan (1981). Longanesi & C.
• Vocalizzi. Milan (1988). Longanesi & C.
• Memorie del sottoscala. Milan (1990). Longanesi & C.

Audiobooks

• CL 0426 – Antologia moderna – Ungaretti, Cardarelli, Palazzeschi, Montale, Quasimodo.
• CL 0401 – Dante Alighieri – Inferno canto quinto.
• CL 0437 – Dante Alighieri – Inferno cruise XXVI.
• CL 0402 – Dante Alighieri – Paradiso canto XXXIII.
• CL 0457 – Elogio Olimpico – Poesie sportive.
• CL 0459 – Eschilo – Coefore – with Valentina Fortunato and Maria Fabbri.
• CL 0438 – Foscolo – Sepolcri.
• CL 0439 – Leopardi – Poesie
• CL 0440 – Leopardi – Poesie.
• CL 0458 – Manzoni – Adelchi, with Carlo D'Angelo.
• CL 0414 – Manzoni – Promessi sposi.
• CL 0416 – Writer – Il cinque maggio.
• CL 0441 – Mistici del '200.
• CL 0470 – Pascarella – Sonetti.
• CL 0417 – Pascoli – Poesie.
• CL 0420 – Saba – Poesie.
• CL 0415 – Shakespeare – Amleto.
• CL 0427 – Sonetti attraverso i secoli.
• CL 0443 – Gassman nel Mattatore prose varie.
• CL 0444 – Gassman nel Mattatore prose varie.
• CLV 0604 – Shakespeare – Otello.
• CLV 0607 – Irma la dolce.
• CLV 0609 – Gassman – Il Mattatore prose varie.

References

External links

Media tied up to Vittorio Gassman at Wikimedia Commons