Gilberto Govi
Gilberto Govi | |
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Gilberto Govi in the film Che tempi! (1948) | |
Born |
22 October 1885 Genoa, Italy |
Died |
28 April 1966 (aged 80) Genoa, Italy |
Occupation | Film and stage actor, screenwriter |
Years active | 1942–1960 |
Amerigo Armando Gilberto Govi (22 October 1885 – 28 April 1966) was an Italian film and stage actor and screenwriter. He was the founder of the Genoese Dialectal Theatre.[1]
Among his greatest successes were I manezzi pe majâ na figgia (I maneggi per maritare una figlia, "How to marry off one's daughter"), Pignasecca e Pignaverde ("Dry Pinecone and Green Pinecone") and Colpi di Timone ("Rudder blows"). Also famous in Italy, especially Genoa and Liguria, are Quello bonanima ("The one who had a good soul"), Gildo Peragallo, ingegnere ("Gildo Peragallo, engineer"), I Gustavino e i Passalacqua ("The Gustavinos and the Passalacquas") and Sotto a chi tocca ("Who's next?").
References
- ↑ Il mito di Gilberto Govi. libero.it
Sources
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- Ternavasio, Maurizio (2001). Gilberto Govi. Vita d'attore. Turin: Lindau.
- Gilberto Govi on IMDb
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