Giorgio Albertazzi
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Giorgio Albertazzi | |
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| Born | 20 August 1923 |
| Died | 28 May 2016 (aged 92) Roccastrada, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film director |
| Years active | 1949–2016 |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Spouse | Pia de Tolomei (m. 2007) |
| Partner | Anna Proclemer |
| Awards | Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1996) |
Giorgio Albertazzi (20 August 1923 – 28 May 2016)[1][2] was an Italian actor and film director.
Born in San Martino a Mensola, Tuscany, Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spent two years in prison for collaborating. Following the amnesty by Palmiro Togliatti he changed from studying architecture to acting.
In the theater Albertazzi debuted in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, and over the following decades starred in a number of classics, many of them for television. From the early 1950s he was also seen on the big screen and appeared in more than 50 films. From 1969, he directed several television films, including the miniseries George Sand in 1981. From 2003, he was the director of the Teatro di Roma.
He had a close friendship with actress Anna Proclemer who appeared with him for many years. In 2007, Albertazzi married his long-standing partner, Pia de Tolomei.
In 1988 he wrote his memoirs.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Lorenzaccio | Lorenzo De' Medici detto Lorenzaccio | |
| 1952 | Little World of Don Camillo | Don Pietro | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Article 519, Penal Code | Franco - fidanzato di Luisa | |
| 1953 | The Merchant of Venice | Lorenzo | |
| 1953 | I Piombi di Venezia | Captain Giuliano | |
| 1953 | Gioventù alla sbarra | Marco | |
| 1954 | Storm | Il coloniale | |
| 1954 | Concert of Intrigue | Conte Enrico Alberti | |
| 1954 | Uomini ombra | Dario Saltini | |
| 1957 | White Nights | L'inquilino / Narratore | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Marisa la civetta | Antonio | Voice, Uncredited |
| 1958 | Un flauto in paradiso | Voice | |
| 1960 | Labbra rosse | Carrei | |
| 1961 | Last Year at Marienbad | X - l'homme à l'accent italien | |
| 1961 | Morte di un bandito | Don Luigino | |
| 1962 | Redhead | Patrick O'Malley | |
| 1962 | Eva | Sergio Branco Malloni - a movie director | Uncredited |
| 1963 | Violenza segreta | Enrico Maraini - un giovane esploratore | |
| 1967 | I Married You for Fun | Pietro | |
| 1968 | Darling Caroline | Albencet, le géologiste | |
| 1970 | Gradiva | L'amico di Norbert - un psichiatra | |
| 1972 | The Assassination of Trotsky | Commissioner | |
| 1974 | Five Women for the Killer | Professor Aldo Betti | |
| 1975 | La nottata | Destino | |
| 1975 | Mark of the Cop | Questore | |
| 1994 | Once a Year, Every Year | Lorenzo | |
| 1996 | Fatal Frames - Fotogrammi mortali | Father | |
| 1998 | Crimine contro crimine | Filippo Maria | |
| 1999 | Li chiamarono... briganti! | Il cardinale Antonelli | |
| 2001 | Tutta la conoscenza del mondo | Il professore Perotti | |
| 2003 | L'avvocato De Gregorio | De Gregorio | |
| 2004 | Ora e per sempre | Pietro anziano | |
| 2007 | Memorie di Adriano | ||
| 2008 | The Rage | Produttore commerciale | |
| 2011 | Some Say No | Barone De Rolandis | |
| 2016 | La sindrome di Antonio | Klingsor | (final film role) |
Discography
[edit]Album
[edit]- 1961 – D'Annunzio – Brani scelti da la figlia di Jorio (La voce del padrone, QELP 8045, LP) with Anna Proclemer
- 1963 – Eliot – La terra desolata (Stereoletteraria, SPM 103, LP)
- 1974 – La solitudine (Cetra, LP) with Vittorio Gassman
- Dante – Inferno (Sansoni Accademia Editori, SLI 03, LP) with Tino Buzzelli, Tino Carraro, Ottavio Fanfani, Davide Montemurri
- Dante – La divina commedia – Paradiso (Nuova Accademia Del Disco, BLI 2005, LP) with Ernesto Calindri, Tino Carraro, Anna Proclemer, Ottavio Fanfani
- Eluard (LP) with Gérard Philipe
- Leopardi – Canti (Cetra, CLC 0829, LP) with Arnoldo Foà, Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Lupo
- Neruda – 20 poesie d'amore e una canzone disperata (SPM 101, LP)
- Pasternak – Poesie (SPM 102, LP)
Singles
[edit]- 1955 – Petrarca (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0418, EP 7")
- 1957 – Solitudine (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0434, EP 7")
- 1961 – Lettere d'amore (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0477, EP 7")
- 1965 – Discorso della montagna (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0419, EP 7")
- 1969 – Questa cosa che chiamiamo mondo/Tema di Linda (Carosello, CL 20222, 7") from the television series Jekyll
- 1969 – Ti amo... ed io di più/Sospendi il tempo (Boradway International, 7") with Anna Proclemer
- 1970 – Miraggio d'estate/Miraggio d'estate (Carosello, 7") with Penny Brown
- I fioretti di S. Francesco (Istituto Internazionale Del Disco, SIL 4001, EP 7") with Antonio Baldini
- Giorgio Sacchetti – Tre novelle lette da Giorgio Albertazzi (Istituto Internazionale Del Disco, SIL 4096, EP 7")
- Neruda, Barcarola e altre poesie (Nuova Accademia Disco, DP 6008, EP)
Awards
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Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (26 June 1996)[3]- Benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte (2003)
References
[edit]- ^ Corriere della Sera (28 May 2016). "È morto Giorgio Albertazzi, aveva 92 anni". Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ OBITUARY Giorgio Albertazzi
- ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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