Giorgio Albertazzi
Italian actor and film director (1923–2016)
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- Giorgio Albertazzi (20 August 1923 – 28 May 2016) was an Italian actor and film director.
- After their defeat, he spent two years in prison for collaborating.
- In the theater Albertazzi debuted in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida , and over the following decades starred in a number of classics, many of them for television.
- From 1969, he directed several television films, including the miniseries George Sand in 1981.
- He had a close friendship with actress Anna Proclemer who appeared with him for many years.
Giorgio Albertazzi (20 August 1923 – 28 May 2016) was an Italian actor and film director.
Born in San Martino a Mensola, Tuscany, Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spent two years in prison for collaborating. Following the amnesty by Palmiro Togliatti he changed from studying architecture to acting.
In the theater Albertazzi debuted in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, and over the following decades starred in a number of classics, many of them for television. From the early 1950s he was also seen on the big screen and appeared in more than 50 films. From 1969, he directed several television films, including the miniseries George Sand in 1981. From 2003, he was the director of the Teatro di Roma.
He had a close friendship with actress Anna Proclemer who appeared with him for many years. In 2007, Albertazzi married his long-standing partner, Pia de Tolomei.
In 1988 he wrote his memoirs. He died on 28 May 2016, at the age of 92.
Albertazzi was atheist.
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