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Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman

Biography

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

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-09-01

Place of Birth

Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Cast


Crew

Twelve Plus One

Twelve Plus One

19695.3 / 10

Sleepers

Sleepers

19967.6 / 10

To Be Hamlet

To Be Hamlet

19850.0 / 10

Abraham

Abraham

19937.0 / 10

Bitter Rice

Bitter Rice

19497.5 / 10

For Love and Gold

For Love and Gold

19667.7 / 10

War and Peace

War and Peace

19566.7 / 10

Once a Year, Every Year

Once a Year, Every Year

19940.0 / 10

Il Sorpasso

Il Sorpasso

19628.2 / 10

Barabbas

Barabbas

19616.9 / 10

Big Deal on Madonna Street

Big Deal on Madonna Street

19588.1 / 10

Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian

Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian

20156.6 / 10

Cry of the Hunted

Cry of the Hunted

19535.8 / 10

The Nude Bomb

The Nude Bomb

19805.4 / 10

Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti

20026.2 / 10

The Glass Wall

The Glass Wall

19535.3 / 10

We All Loved Each Other So Much

We All Loved Each Other So Much

19748.3 / 10

The Family

The Family

19877.5 / 10

Sharky's Machine

Sharky's Machine

19816.1 / 10

Lost Soul

Lost Soul

19776.6 / 10

Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later

Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later

19855.3 / 10

Ghosts of Rome

Ghosts of Rome

19617.2 / 10

Ghosts, Italian Style

Ghosts, Italian Style

19676.3 / 10

Quintet

Quintet

19795.1 / 10

The New Monsters

The New Monsters

19776.9 / 10

The Monsters

The Monsters

19637.3 / 10

Life Is a Bed of Roses

Life Is a Bed of Roses

19835.7 / 10

A Wedding

A Wedding

19786.3 / 10

Benvenuta

Benvenuta

19835.7 / 10

Close Up

Close Up

20129.0 / 10

Scent of a Woman

Scent of a Woman

19747.5 / 10

Dear Father

Dear Father

19796.4 / 10

The Desert of the Tartars

The Desert of the Tartars

19766.8 / 10

Tempest

Tempest

19826.0 / 10

The Love Specialist

The Love Specialist

19575.8 / 10

Brancaleone at the Crusades

Brancaleone at the Crusades

19707.2 / 10

Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant

Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant

20150.0 / 10

The Audience

The Audience

19726.7 / 10

Woman Times Seven

Woman Times Seven

19676.3 / 10

Love and Larceny

Love and Larceny

19607.2 / 10

Beautiful But Dangerous

Beautiful But Dangerous

19556.0 / 10

Preludio d'amore

Preludio d'amore

19460.0 / 10

A Difficult Life

A Difficult Life

19618.1 / 10

A Maiden for the Prince

A Maiden for the Prince

19655.1 / 10

The Tiger and the Pussycat

The Tiger and the Pussycat

19677.0 / 10

Let's Talk About Women

Let's Talk About Women

19646.2 / 10

The Great War

The Great War

19598.1 / 10

La cambiale

La cambiale

19596.6 / 10

March on Rome

March on Rome

19627.4 / 10

One Million Dollars

One Million Dollars

19646.0 / 10

Trintignant by Trintignant

Trintignant by Trintignant

20216.8 / 10

The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment

19616.4 / 10

The Terrace

The Terrace

19807.2 / 10

Monicelli: La versione di Mario

Monicelli: La versione di Mario

20125.5 / 10

Let's Have a Riot

Let's Have a Riot

19706.9 / 10

I Knew Her Well

I Knew Her Well

19657.4 / 10

I picari

I picari

19875.5 / 10

Midnight Pleasures

Midnight Pleasures

19755.7 / 10

Rhapsody

Rhapsody

19546.7 / 10

Count Tacchia

Count Tacchia

19826.1 / 10

La bomba

La bomba

19995.7 / 10

The Career of a Chambermaid

The Career of a Chambermaid

19765.0 / 10

...And Suddenly It's Murder!

...And Suddenly It's Murder!

19606.5 / 10

The Miracle

The Miracle

19596.7 / 10

Anna

Anna

19517.3 / 10

Rossini! Rossini!

Rossini! Rossini!

19916.0 / 10

Mortacci

Mortacci

19897.0 / 10

Pleasant Nights

Pleasant Nights

19666.3 / 10

Il successo

Il successo

19636.3 / 10

Il divorzio

Il divorzio

19706.5 / 10

The Devil in Love

The Devil in Love

19665.6 / 10

Il gaucho

Il gaucho

19646.7 / 10

The Prophet

The Prophet

19685.3 / 10

Catch As Catch Can

Catch As Catch Can

19675.8 / 10

The Dirty Game

The Dirty Game

19655.8 / 10

Hotel Room

Hotel Room

19815.6 / 10

The Sleazy Uncle

The Sleazy Uncle

19895.0 / 10

Where Are You Going All Naked?

Where Are You Going All Naked?

19695.0 / 10

The Dream of Zorro

The Dream of Zorro

19526.0 / 10

Summer Frenzy

Summer Frenzy

19645.4 / 10

The Eye of the Needle

The Eye of the Needle

19637.2 / 10

Dark Soul

Dark Soul

19625.6 / 10

Lure of the Sila

Lure of the Sila

19496.3 / 10

The Mysterious Rider

The Mysterious Rider

19484.6 / 10

Tempest

Tempest

19586.0 / 10

La Tosca

La Tosca

19737.1 / 10

Sombrero

Sombrero

19534.2 / 10

Black Crown

Black Crown

19515.2 / 10

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

19576.8 / 10

Scipio the African

Scipio the African

19716.8 / 10

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

20067.0 / 10

1001 Nights

1001 Nights

19905.1 / 10

Amleto

Amleto

19557.8 / 10

The Archangel

The Archangel

19696.0 / 10

Alibi

Alibi

19695.0 / 10

Snow Job

Snow Job

19656.0 / 10

Quando eravamo repressi

Quando eravamo repressi

19920.0 / 10

Edipo Re

Edipo Re

19770.0 / 10

The Black Sheep

The Black Sheep

19686.0 / 10

Desert of Fire

Desert of Fire

19979.3 / 10

Seduction Of The South

Seduction Of The South

19614.5 / 10

L'ebreo errante

L'ebreo errante

19480.0 / 10

The Violent Patriot

The Violent Patriot

19564.7 / 10

Girls Marked Danger

Girls Marked Danger

19526.7 / 10

The Captain's Daughter

The Captain's Daughter

19477.0 / 10

L'altro enigma

L'altro enigma

19880.0 / 10

The Long Winter

The Long Winter

19925.2 / 10

Mambo

Mambo

19545.5 / 10

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

20106.2 / 10

Power Of Evil

Power Of Evil

19855.0 / 10

The Dinner

The Dinner

19986.9 / 10

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

20217.3 / 10

We Are Cinema

We Are Cinema

20219.5 / 10

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

19766.7 / 10

Defend My Love

Defend My Love

19560.0 / 10

Il turno

Il turno

19810.0 / 10

Pure as a Lily

Pure as a Lily

19762.0 / 10

What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?

What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?

19725.4 / 10

Double Cross

Double Cross

19516.6 / 10

The Palermo Connection

The Palermo Connection

19906.2 / 10

The Outlaws

The Outlaws

19506.0 / 10

I'm Photogenic

I'm Photogenic

19805.4 / 10

The Amusements of Private Life

The Amusements of Private Life

19904.0 / 10

Fiasco in Milan

Fiasco in Milan

19596.9 / 10

Two Pieces of Bread

Two Pieces of Bread

19794.0 / 10

Di padre in figlio

Di padre in figlio

19824.0 / 10

Streets of Sorrow

Streets of Sorrow

19500.0 / 10

Sex Can Be Difficult

Sex Can Be Difficult

19626.0 / 10

The Adventures of Pinocchio

The Adventures of Pinocchio

19475.8 / 10

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

20189.0 / 10

Daniele Cortis

Daniele Cortis

19470.0 / 10

In the Name of the Italian People

In the Name of the Italian People

19717.2 / 10

Without Family

Without Family

19727.3 / 10

Incontro con Laura

Incontro con Laura

19450.0 / 10

Il leone di Amalfi

Il leone di Amalfi

195010.0 / 10

I'll Be Going Now

I'll Be Going Now

19916.1 / 10

Lo sparviero del Nilo

Lo sparviero del Nilo

19503.3 / 10

Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne

Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne

20070.0 / 10

E il Casanova di Fellini?

E il Casanova di Fellini?

19750.0 / 10

The Man with the Flower in His Mouth

The Man with the Flower in His Mouth

19700.0 / 10

Les 1001 Nuits : Version Intégrale

Les 1001 Nuits : Version Intégrale

19909.0 / 10

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

20217.0 / 10

Kean - Genio e sregolatezza

Kean - Genio e sregolatezza

19550.0 / 10

Amleto

Amleto

19557.8 / 10

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

19576.8 / 10

Alibi

Alibi

19695.0 / 10

Without Family

Without Family

19727.3 / 10

L'altro enigma

L'altro enigma

19880.0 / 10

Edipo Re

Edipo Re

19770.0 / 10

Di padre in figlio

Di padre in figlio

19824.0 / 10