Renzo Giovampietro
Renzo Giovampietro | |
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| Born | 23 June 1924 Velletri, Italy |
| Died | 10 March 2006 (aged 81) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
Renzo Giovampietro (23 June 1924 – 10 March 2006) was an Italian actor, theatre director and playwright.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Velletri, Rome, the son of a carpenter and of a cook, in 1944 Giovampietro enrolled at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts.[1] He started his acting career in 1945 and was mainly active on stage, working with Luchino Visconti, Giorgio Strehler, Salvo Randone, Luigi Squarzina and Memo Benassi, among others.[1][2] Occasionally also active in films and on television, from the early 1960s Giovampietro focused his activities on adaptations of classics on stage.[1][2]
Selected filmography
[edit]- I Met You in Naples (1946)
- House of Ricordi (1954)
- Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
- I pinguini ci guardano (1956)
- El Greco (1966)
- Sex Quartet (1966)
- The Lady of Monza (1969)
- Sandokan (1976)
- Open Doors (1990)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Giuseppina Manin (11 March 2006). "Addio a Renzo Giovampietro interprete dei grandi classici nel teatro dell' impegno civile". Corriere della Sera. p. 40. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
External links
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Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2006 deaths
- People from Velletri
- Male actors from Lazio
- Italian male film actors
- Italian male television actors
- Italian male stage actors
- 20th-century Italian male actors
- Italian theatre directors
- Italian dramatists and playwrights
- Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni
- 20th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights
- Male actors from Rome