Vittorio Gassman
Acting
Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (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. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team 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 Riso amaro. It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians. In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre. On 29 June 2000, Gassman died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Rome at the age of 77. He was buried at Campo Verano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Gassman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
We All Loved Each Other So Much
as Gianni Perego
Age 52 (now 77)
Brancaleone at the Crusades
as Brancaleone Da Norcia
Age 48 (now 77)
The Monsters
as The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")
Age 41 (now 77)
The New Monsters
as il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia
Age 55 (now 77)
In the Name of the Italian People
as Lorenzo Santenocito
Age 49 (now 77)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
as Self (archive footage)
Age 99 (now 77)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Age 99 (now 77)
Trintignant by Trintignant
as Self (archive footage)
Age 99 (now 77)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)
Age 98 (now 77)
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
as Self
Age 96 (now 77)
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
as Self (archive footage)
Age 92 (now 77)
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
as Self (archive footage)
Age 89 (now 77)
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
as Self (archive footage)
Age 88 (now 77)Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
as Self
Age 84 (now 77)
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
as Self (archive footage)
Age 83 (now 77)
Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later
as Peppe
Age 63 (now 77)
The New Monsters
as il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia
Age 55 (now 77)
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
as Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo
Age 54 (now 77)
We All Loved Each Other So Much
as Gianni Perego
Age 52 (now 77)
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?
as Guido Guidi
Age 50 (now 77)
In the Name of the Italian People
as Lorenzo Santenocito
Age 49 (now 77)
Brancaleone at the Crusades
as Brancaleone Da Norcia
Age 48 (now 77)
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
as L'uomo dal fiore in bocca
Age 47 (now 77)
Where Are You Going All Naked?
as Rufus Conforti
Age 47 (now 77)
The Tiger and the Pussycat
as Francesco Vincenzini
Age 44 (now 77)
I Knew Her Well
as Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 43 (now 77)
A Maiden for the Prince
as Principe Vincenzo Gonzaga
Age 43 (now 77)
Let's Talk About Women
as Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero
Age 41 (now 77)
The Monsters
as The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")
Age 41 (now 77)
Sex Can Be Difficult
as L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro")
Age 40 (now 77)
The Mysterious Rider
as Giacomo Casanova, cavaliere di Seingalt
Age 26 (now 77)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Hässlicher Fischer / Il Pescatore verde
Age 24 (now 77)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 40 (now 77)
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Also Known As
Vittorio Gassmann , Витторио Гассман, Вітторіо Ґассман, Витторио Гасман
IMDB
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