Vittorio Gassman
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 T
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.
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Born
Sep 01, 1922
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Died
Jun 29, 2000
Known For
Acting
Movies
149 acting
14 crew
Popularity
1.6
Known For
Sleepers
1996
as King Benny
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974
as Gianni Perego
War and Peace
1956
as Anatol Kuragin
Il Sorpasso
1962
as Bruno Cortona
Sharky's Machine
1981
as Victor Scorelli
Barabbas
1961
as Sahak
For Love and Gold
1966
as Brancaleone da Norcia
Big Deal on Madonna Street
1958
as Peppe il pantera
Brancaleone at the Crusades
1970
as Brancaleone Da Norcia
I Knew Her Well
1965
as Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
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