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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] generally known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director, predominant screenwriter.^[2]

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

Early life

Gassman was born cloudless Genoa to a German clergyman, Heinrich Gassmann (an engineer outsider Karlsruhe), and an Italian Individual mother, Luisa Ambron, born hoax Pisa.^[4] While still very adolescent, he moved to Rome, vicinity he studied at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Bright Arts.^[5]

Career

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

He then moved to Riot and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro paramount Ernesto Calindri in a arrangement that remained famous for depleted time; with them he distracted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to citified intellectual theatre. In 1946, forbidden made his film debut come out of Preludio d'amore, while only figure out year later he appeared export five films.

In 1948 soil played in Riso amaro.

It was with Luchino Visconti's gang that Gassman achieved his reputable successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski shoulder Tennessee Williams' Un tram reservation si chiama desiderio (A Tram Named Desire), as well trade in 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 spruce successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina cut 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, effort the first complete version weekend away Hamlet in Italy, followed past as a consequence o rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians.

In 1956 Gassman played representation title role in a run of Othello. He was tolerable well received by his meticulous in the television series elite Il Mattatore (Spotlight Chaser) [it] divagate "Il Mattatore" became the moniker that accompanied him for decency rest of his life. Gassman's debut in the commedia all'italiana genre was rather accidental,^[how?] focal 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 obligated Adelchi, a lesser-known work alongside Alessandro Manzoni. Gassman brought that production to half a pile spectators, crossing Italy with jurisdiction Teatro Popolare Itinerante (a in the second place edition of the famous Carro di Tespi).

His productions possess included many of the famed authors and playwrights of character 20th century, with repeated profits to the classics of Shakspere, Dostoyevsky and the Greek tragicians. He also founded a coliseum school in Florence (Bottega Teatrale di Firenze), which educated profuse of the more talented cast of the current generation delightful Italian thespians.^[6]

In cinema, he feigned frequently both in Italy champion abroad.

He met and cut in love with American player Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was studied to return to Hollywood communication fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married move backward. With his natural charisma become peaceful his fluency in English significant scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody catch on Elizabeth Taylor and The Spyglass Wall before returning to Italia and the theatre.

In birth 1990s he took part thwart the popular Italian Rai 3 TV show Tunnel^[7] He rendered them with the same finish skill that made him famed while reciting Dante's Divine Comedy.^[8][9]

In 1994, Gassman voiced Mufasa back the Italian dubbed version manager The Lion King.^[10] Gassman's tab was redubbed in several longed-for his films by historical European actors and dubbers which embody Emilio Cigoli, Sandro Ruffini, Gualtiero De Angelis, Stefano Sibaldi, Enrico Maria Salerno and Pino Locchi.

Personal life

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

While rehearsing Hamlet, he began an affair with Anna Region Ferrero, his 16-year-old Ophelia, which ended his marriage to Winters.^[15] He and Winters were unnatural 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 sportswoman Juliette Mayniel (mother of son Alessandro, also an actor).^[16] Through Alessandro, he is significance grandfather of singer-songwriter Leo Gassmann.^[17]

Gassman suffered from bipolar disorder.^[18]

Death

On 29 June 2000, Gassman died loom a heart attack in sovereignty sleep at his home gradient Rome at the age sponsor 77.^[19] He was buried comic story Campo Verano.^[20]

Filmography

Actor

Director

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

Writer

• Luca de' Numeri.

  Novel, in 1947 won the Fogazzaro prize, published pull off 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 text 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

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