Vittorio Gassman
Italian actor and director (1922–2000)
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- Vittorio Gassman ( Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman] ; born Gassmann ; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore , was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
- Early life Gassman was born in Genoa to a German father, Heinrich Gassmann (an engineer from Karlsruhe), and an Italian Jewish mother, Luisa Ambron, born in Pisa.
- Career Gassman's stage debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica .
- In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore , while only one year later he appeared in five films.
Vittorio Gassman (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements.
Early life
Gassman was born in Genoa to a German father, Heinrich Gassmann (an engineer from Karlsruhe), and an Italian Jewish mother, Luisa Ambron, born in Pisa. While still very young, he moved to Rome, where he studied at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career
Gassman's stage debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica. He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a stage company that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948, he played in Bitter Rice.
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