Franco Fabrizi
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Franco Fabrizi was an Italian
actor
.
Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, he was a soap opera photo actor, for example, the fotoromanzo Arizona Kid, in the newspaper Avventuroso Film. When he was 24 years old, with a few experiences in cinema, has got a small important role in Chronicle of a Love (Cronaca di un amore) (1950), Michelangelo Antonioni
's long film debut.
Federico Fellini offered him the starring role in I vitelloni
. In Italy, he was considered the Cary Grant
all'italiana. Fabrizi died of a tumor in 1995.
Italy
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, he was a soap opera photo actor, for example, the fotoromanzo Arizona Kid, in the newspaper Avventuroso Film. When he was 24 years old, with a few experiences in cinema, has got a small important role in Chronicle of a Love (Cronaca di un amore) (1950), Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.- Personal life :...
's long film debut.
Federico Fellini offered him the starring role in I vitelloni
I Vitelloni
I vitelloni is an Italian comedy drama film directed by Federico Fellini. Recognized as a pivotal work in the director's artistic evolution, the film has distinct autobiographical elements that mirror important societal changes in 1950s Italy....
. In Italy, he was considered the Cary Grant
Cary Grant
Archibald Alexander Leach , better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English actor who later took U.S. citizenship...
all'italiana. Fabrizi died of a tumor in 1995.
Selected filmography
- Chronicle of a Love (Cronaca di un amore) Michelangelo AntonioniMichelangelo AntonioniMichelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.- Personal life :...
, (1950) - I VitelloniI VitelloniI vitelloni is an Italian comedy drama film directed by Federico Fellini. Recognized as a pivotal work in the director's artistic evolution, the film has distinct autobiographical elements that mirror important societal changes in 1950s Italy....
, Federico FelliniFederico FelliniFederico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century...
(1953) - Torna! (1953)
- Vortice (1953)
- Schiava del peccatoSchiava del peccatoSchiava del peccato is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo.-Cast:* Miranda Campa* Giorgio Capecchi* Olinto Cristina* Adriana Danieli* Mirella Di Lauri* Franca Dominici* Checco Durante* Franco Fabrizi - Carlo...
(1954) - Camilla (film)Camilla (film)Camilla is a 1994 film directed by Deepa Mehta and Jessica Tandy's last movie appearance.-Critical reception:Several reviewers wrote that Tandy's performance was the best aspect of the film...
(1954) - Woman of RomeWoman of RomeWoman of Rome is a 1954 drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Gina Lollobrigida.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Adriana* Daniel Gélin - Mino* Franco Fabrizi - Gino* Raymond Pellegrin - Astarita* Pina Piovani - Madre di Adriana...
(La romana), Dino Risi (1954) - Il bidoneIl bidoneIl bidone is an Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. It features Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Giulietta Masina, among others....
, Federico FelliniFederico FelliniFederico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century...
(1955) - Le amicheLe amicheLe Amiche is a 1955 Italian black-and-white drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. It is adapted from Cesare Pavese's 1949 novella Tra donne sole and centers on Roman couturier Clelia , who leaves Rome to work at a boutique in Torino.-Production:The script for Le Amiche is adapted from a...
, Michealngelo Antonioni (1955) - Racconti romani (1955)
- Calabuig, Luis García Berlanga (1956)
- Noi siamo le colonne (1956)
- No Sun in VeniceNo Sun in VeniceNo Sun in Venice is a 1957 French-Italian drama film directed by Roger Vadim. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Françoise Arnoul - Sophie* Christian Marquand - Michel Lafaurie* Robert Hossein - Sforzi* O. E...
(1957) - Nights of CabiriaNights of CabiriaNights of Cabiria is a 1957 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. Fellini's wife, Giulietta Masina, plays Cabiria Ceccarelli, a feisty but naive prostitute in Ostia, then a seedy section of Rome...
, Federico FelliniFederico FelliniFederico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century...
(1957) - Racconti d'estateRacconti d'estateGirls for the Summer is a 1958 Italian romantic comedy drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini, based on story by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Alberto Sordi, Michèle Morgan, Marcello Mastroianni, Sylva Koscina, Gabriele Ferzetti, Dorian Gray, Franca Marzi, Franco Fabrizi and Jorge Mistral.It...
(1958) - Un maledetto imbroglioUn maledetto imbroglioUn maledetto imbroglio also known as The Facts of Murder is a 1959 Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale. The film is based on the novel by Carlo Emilio Gadda Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana...
, Pietro GermiPietro GermiPietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di...
(1959) - I Genitori in Blue-Jeans (1960)
- The WastrelThe WastrelThe Wastrel is a 1961 Italian-Cypriot drama film directed by Michael Cacoyannis. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Ellie Lambeti - Mrs...
(1961) - Orazi e curiaziDuel of ChampionsOrazi e Curiazi is a 1961 film about the Roman legend of the Horatii, triplet brothers from Rome who fought a duel against the Curiatii, triplet brothers from Alba Longa in order to determine the outcome of a war between their two nations.This film was directed by Ferdinando Baldi and Terence Young...
(1961) - A Difficult LifeA Difficult LifeA Difficult Life is a Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy film directed by Dino Risi in 1961.-Plot:...
(Una Vita Difficile), Dino Risi (1961) - Copacabana PalaceCopacabana PalaceThe Copacabana Palace Hotel is the most famous and luxurious hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It's considered South America's premier hotel, having received the rich and famous for the past 80 years. It faces the Copacabana Beach. It consists of an 8-storey main building and a 14-story annex. The...
(1962) - Gli onorevoli (1963)
- La donna degli altri è sempre più bella (1963)
- Via Margutta (film) (1963)
- Rat TrapRat Trap (film)Rat Trap is a 1963 French adventure film directed by Jean-Gabriel Albicocco. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. -Cast:* Charles Aznavour - Charles* Richard Badouh* Franco Fabrizi* Matias Ferreira Diaz* Sara Gimenez* Emilio Gnocchi...
(1963) - The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (Signore e signori), Pietro GermiPietro GermiPietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di...
(1965) - Una questione d'onore (1965)
- Io la conoscevo beneIo la conoscevo beneIo la conoscevo bene or I Knew Her Well is a 1965 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and starring Stefania Sandrelli.-Awards:...
, Antonio PietrangeliAntonio PietrangeliAntonio Pietrangeli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre.-Biography:...
(1966) - Le Petit Baigneur (1968)
- Anyone Can PlayAnyone Can PlayAnyone Can Play is a 1968 comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Ursula Andress.-Cast:* Ursula Andress - Norma* Virna Lisi - Luisa* Claudine Auger - Esmerelda* Marisa Mell - Paola* Brett Halsey - Norma's husband...
(1968) - Death in Venice (film)Death in Venice (film)Death in Venice is a 1971 film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Dirk Bogarde and Björn Andrésen. The film is based on the novella Death in Venice by Thomas Mann.-Plot:...
(Morte a Venezia), Luchino ViscontiLuchino ViscontiLuchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
(1971) - La Mala ordinaLa mala ordinaLa mala ordina or Manhunt is a poliziottesco film written and directed by the Italian crime film specialist Fernando Di Leo in 1972. It is the second part of Di Leo's Milieu Trilogy, starting with Milano calibro 9 in 1972 and ending with Il Boss in 1973...
(1972) - La Polizia ringrazia (1972)
- Touche pas à la femme blancheDon't Touch The White Woman!Don't Touch The White Woman! is a 1974 French-Italian farce, an absurd "Western" set in Paris, directed by Marco Ferreri. Marcello Mastroianni stars as a vain General George Armstrong Custer. Richard Nixon is the American president. Buffalo Bill Cody is here portrayed as a charlatan media impresario...
, Marco Ferreri (1974) - The Flower in His MouthThe Flower in His MouthThe Flower in His Mouth is a 1975 drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Jennifer O'Neill.-Cast:* Jennifer O'Neill - Elena Bardi* Franco Nero - Professore* James Mason - Bellocampo* Orazio Orlando - Ispettore* Aldo Giuffrè - Maresciallo...
(1975) - Ginger and FredGinger and FredGinger and Fred is a 1986 comedy/drama film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina.The title is a reference to the American dancing couple Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...
(1986) - The Little DevilThe Little DevilThe Little Devil is a 1988 Italian film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, also starring Walter Matthau, Stefania Sandrelli, Nicoletta Braschi and John Lurie. In some European countries, English versions of the film, with local subtitles, have been screened and circulated in VHS...
(Il piccolo diavolo), Roberto BenigniRoberto BenigniRoberto Remigio Benigni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director of film, theatre and television.- Early years :...
(1988) - Ricky e Barabba (1992)