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List Of Italian Child Actors
This is a list of child actors from Italy. Films and/or television series they appeared in are mentioned only if they were still a child at the time of filming. Current child actors (under the age of eighteen) are indicated by boldface. {, class="wikitable sortable" !Name !Born ied!Years active (as child actors) & selected filmography , - , Amendola, Ferruccio , 1930 001, 1943 -- ''Gian Burrasca'' (1943) , - , Apicella, Tina , 1946 , 1951 -- ''Bellissima'' (1951) , - , Argento, Asia , 1975 , 1984-1989 -- ''Zoo'' (1988) , - , Balestri, Andrea , 1963 , 1972-1975 -- '' Le Avventure di Pinocchio'' (1972) , - , Barbetti, Cesare , 1930 006, 1935-1945 -- '' Il cappello a tre punte'' (1935) -- '' Dagli Appennini alle Ande'' (1943) , - , Blasi, Ilary , 1981 , 1987-1989 , - , Boccoli, Brigitta , 1972 , 1982-1987 -- '' Manhattan Baby'' (1982) , - , Bonansea, Miranda , 1926 019, 1934-1942 , - , Brown, Eleonora , 1948 , 1960-1964 -- ''La ciociara'' (1960) , - , Calenda, Carlo , 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in film, movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated terms include teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a Adolescence, teenager. Famous earlier examples include Elizabeth Taylor, who started as a child star in the early 1940s in productions like ''National Velvet (film), National Velvet'' before becoming a popular film star as an adult in movies. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay Lohan are two particular famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at a young age. Some child actors do go on to have successful acting careers as adults; notable actors who first gained fame as children include Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleonora Brown
Eleonora Brown (born August 22, 1948, in Naples) is an Italian film actress. Her first, and perhaps biggest, role was at age twelve as the daughter of Sophia Loren's character in ''Two Women'' (1960). Career Brown's primary acting role was in ''Two Women''. In an interview about the movie, Brown stated that Sophia Loren, who played her mother, protected her from some of the underlying implications of the rape scene in the film. She also said that director Vittorio De Sica brought her to tears for the climatic final scene (upon hearing that the character played by Jean-Paul Belmondo had died) by saying that a telegram had arrived saying that Brown's parents had died in an accident. Brown appeared in a few other films in the 1960s, including '' The Sailor from Gibraltar'', '' The Tiger and the Pussycat'' and '' Cuore matto... matto da legare'', before choosing to retire from acting at age 19, after her appearance in '' The Young, the Evil, and the Savage'' (1968). Brown later a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart And Soul (1948 Film)
''Heart and Soul'' ( it, Cuore, also known as ''Heart'') is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica and Duilio Coletti, based on Edmondo de Amicis' novel Heart. De Sica won the Silver Ribbon for Best Actor by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. Plot The story is about a young student of an upper-class background whose classmates are of working-class backgrounds. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Professor Perboni * María Mercader as Clotilde Serra * Lamberto Picasso * Giorgio De Lullo as Lt. Renato Gardena * Luigi Pavese as Lari, substitute teacher * Ave Ninchi as Signora Serra, mother * Carlo Ogliotti as Enrico Amici, student * Gino Leurini as Garrone, student * Luciano De Ambrosis as Precossi, student * Gualtiero Tomiselli as Crossi, student * Sergio Serardi as Franti, student * Amerigo Martufi as 'Muratorino', student * Vito Chiari as Coretti, student * Geiogio Guglielmo as Votini, student * Francesco Lengo as Nelli, student * Rino Moretti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Cerusico
Enzo Cerusico (22 October 1937 – 26 November 1991) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1951 and 1984. Career in the United States Cerusico's first role on American television was in a 1966 episode of ''I Spy'' filmed in Rome. Producer Sheldon Leonard held a casting call for an English-speaking actor to play the kid brother of the female Italian guest star. Cerusico spoke no English but with a friend's help he memorized one line — "I studied English in the school since four years" — and managed to bluff his way into an interview with Leonard.Goodwin, Fritz. (1969, 31 May – 6 June). ''The operation was a failure ... but the patient survived''. ''TV Guide''. Leonard realized Cerusico wasn't fluent in English but he thought the young man possessed "Jean Paul Belmondo's jaunty virility and the swaggering charm of Maurice Chevalier." Leonard chose Cerusico for the ''I Spy'' guest role and Cerusico learned his lines phonetically and delive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everybody's Fine (1990 Film)
''Everybody's Fine'' ( it, Stanno tutti bene) is a 1990 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore who co-wrote the screenplay with Tonino Guerra and Massimo De Rita. It won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Giuseppe Tornatore) and was nominated for Golden Palm (Giuseppe Tornatore) at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. It also won the David di Donatello Awards for David Best Music ( Ennio Morricone) and the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists for Silver Ribbon Best Original Story (Giuseppe Tornatore). The film was remade in 2009 as '' Everybody's Fine'' with an American setting and starring Robert De Niro, and again in 2016 in China also as '' Everybody's Fine'' in 2016. Plot Matteo Scuro, a retired Sicilian bureaucrat and opera buff, has been stood up by his five adult children during the summer vacation, all of whom live in various cities on the Italian mainland with what he believes are responsible jobs. Despite their not visiting and the neighbours' criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Paradiso
''Cinema Paradiso'' ( it, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, , literally "New Paradise Cinema") is a 1988 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. Set in a small Sicilian town, the film centers on the friendship between a young boy and an aging projectionist who works at the titular movie theatre. This Italian-French co-production stars Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Leopoldo Trieste, Marco Leonardi, Agnese Nano and Salvatore Cascio. The film score was composed by Ennio Morricone and his son, Andrea, marking the beginning of a collaboration between Tornatore and Morricone that lasted until Morricone's death in 2020. Credited with revitalizing Italy's film industry, ''Cinema Paradiso'' has been cited by ''Empire'' magazine as one of the greatest films of all time. It was a commercial success, and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Cannes Film Festival's Grand Prix. It was nominated for 11 BAFTA Awards and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Cascio
Salvatore Cascio (born 8 November 1979) is an Italian actor. His most famous performance was in '' Cinema Paradiso'' (1988), for which he received critical acclaim and a BAFTA Award. He suffers from retinitis pigmentosa Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic disorder of the eyes that causes loss of vision. Symptoms include trouble seeing at night and decreasing peripheral vision (side and upper or lower visual field). As peripheral vision worsens, people may .... He is Roman Catholic. Filmography Notes External links * 1979 births Living people People from Palazzo Adriano Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award winners Italian male film actors Italian male child actors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors Actors from the Province of Palermo Italian Roman Catholics {{italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormento Del Passato
''Torment of the Past'' (Italian:''Tormento del passato'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film co-written and directed by Mario Bonnard. Cast *Hélène Rémy as Luisa *Marc Lawrence as Andrea Rossi * Raffaella Carrà as Graziella (credited as Raffaella Pelloni) * Carlo Romano as Marco Ferretti * Carla Del Poggio as Giulia/Florette * Luigi Pavese as Bianchi * Laura Gore as Florette's Maid * Guglielmo Inglese as Giacomo * Giulio Battiferri as Peppino *Renzo Borelli as Accomplice of Bianchi * Riccardo Garrone as Accomplice of Bianchi *Paul Le Pere as Giovanni *Natale Cirino as Padrone del barcone *Rino Salviati Gastone Tisalvi, best known as Rino Salviati (12 June 1922 – 2 January 2016) was an Italian singer, guitarist and film actor. Life and career Born in Montelibretti, Salviati started his career in 1940, performing in a series of shows for the a ... as The Singer References External links * 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films Films directed by Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaella Carrà
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), better known as Raffaella Carrà (), was an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, actress and model. She was well known in Europe and Latin America as a result of her many television shows and records. Carrà is the interpreter of very popular songs such as ''A far l'amore comincia tu'' from her album ''Forte forte forte''. Early life Carrà was born on 18 June 1943 in Bologna to Raffaele Pelloni and Angela Iris Dell'Utri (of Sicilian ancestry) and had a brother named Enzo (dead in 2001) her parents, however, separated shortly after the wedding and Carrà spent most of her childhood between her mother's bar and the ice cream shop in Bellaria – Igea Marina. At the latter establishment, she grew up watching the television programme '' Il Musichiere'', learning by heart titles, ballets, and refrains of the songs. When she was only eight years old, she left the Romagna Riviera to continue her studies directl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladiator (2000 Film)
''Gladiator'' is a 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson. The film was co-produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Universal Pictures. DreamWorks Pictures distributed the film in North America while Universal Pictures released it internationally through United International Pictures. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Ralf Möller, Oliver Reed (in his final role), Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel, Richard Harris, and Tommy Flanagan. Crowe portrays Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus becomes a gladiator and rises through the ranks of the arena to avenge the murders of his family and his emperor. Inspired by Daniel P. Mannix's 1958 book ''Those About to Die'' (formerly titled ''The Way of the Gladiator'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Is Beautiful
''Life Is Beautiful'' ( it, La vita è bella, ) is a 1997 Italian comedy drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, who employs his fertile imagination to shield his son from the horrors of internment in a Nazi concentration camp. The film was partially inspired by the book ''In the End, I Beat Hitler'' by Rubino Romeo Salmonì and by Benigni's father, who spent two years in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during World War II. The film was an overwhelming critical and commercial success. It received widespread acclaim, with critics praising its story, performances, direction and the union of drama and comedy, despite some criticisms of using the subject matter for comedic purposes. The movie grossed over $230 million worldwide, including $57.6 million in the United States, is the second highest-grossing foreign language film in the U.S. (after ''Crouch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Cantarini
Giorgio Cantarini (born 12 April 1992) is an Italian actor who, to date, has appeared in two Academy Award winning films: ''Life Is Beautiful'' (1997) and ''Gladiator'' (2000). Early life Raised in Orvieto, Italy, Giorgio Cantarini was born to Giuseppe Cantarini and Giovanna Martini. The couple separated after Giorgio's fifth birthday. His family nickname is "Gio". Career Cantarini made his film debut in the 1997 Roberto Benigni directed comedy-drama ''Life is Beautiful'', playing Benigni's four-year-old son 'Giosuè Orefice', who is sent with his Jewish-Italian father to a German concentration camp during World War II. The film won three Academy Awards. In 1998, Cantarini was nominated alongside his ''Life Is Beautiful'' castmates for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and the same year he won the Young Artist Award. His second film appearance was in the 2000 Ridley Scott-directed period action/drama ''Gladiator''. Giorgio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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