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Pia Velsi
Pia Velsi (stage name of Elpidia Sorbo; born 31 March 1924) is an Italian actress and singer. Biography Born in L'Aquila, she grew up in Naples, where she began her career as a singer, performing live in the 1940s. After moving to Rome, she made her debut at the Ambra Jovinelli Theater, in a variety company. She was then called to replace the Neapolitan actress Rosalia Maggio during a show (in which she had also to dance and act) at the Petruzzelli Theater in Bari, and from here began her career as an actress. At the beginning of the forties, in addition to acting and dancing, she also began an intense singing activity with the nickname of Nuovo Fiore. During this period she recorded numerous 78 rpm records for the Phonotype label. During her career in the world of cinema she has worked with many well-known directors, such as Nanni Loy and Renato Castellani; among her numerous film appearances, the short but effective characterizations in the films of Luciano De Crescenzo (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Aquila
L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley of the Aterno river, it is surrounded by the Apennine Mountains, with the Gran Sasso d'Italia to the north-east. L'Aquila sits upon a hillside in the middle of a narrow valley; tall snow-capped mountains of the Gran Sasso massif flank the town. A maze of narrow streets, lined with Baroque and Renaissance buildings and churches, open onto elegant piazzas. Home to the University of L'Aquila, it is a lively college town and, as such, has many cultural institutions: a repertory theatre, a symphony orchestra, a fine-arts academy, a state conservatory, a film institute. There are several ski resorts in the surrounding province (Campo Imperatore, Ovindoli, Pescasseroli, Roccaraso, Scanno). Geography Close to the highest of the Apennine s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parenti Serpenti
''Parenti serpenti'' (also known as ''Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations'') is a 1992 Italian black comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. It won the Italian film critics Silver Ribbon for Best Costumes. Writer Carmine Amoroso, who conceived of the story for the film, later adapted the film into a stage play that ran in Italy and Spain. Plot An old couple invite all their children and grandchildren to their home in Sulmona, in Abruzzo, to celebrate the Christmas holidays. After a day spent at church and playing bingo at home, the grandmother asks her two daughters and two sons to decide amongst themselves which of them will take her and her husband to live with them, now that they are getting old. Their children are initially pleased to hear that their parents want to see more of them, but no one wants to take on the responsibility of having them move into their home. Cast * Marina Confalone as Lina * Alessandro Haberas Alfredo * Tommaso Bianco as Michele * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Births
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Gigi Proietti
Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter. Early life He was born in Rome to Romano Proietti, originally from Umbria, and Giovanna Ceci, a housewife. During his youth he was keen on singing and on playing guitar, piano, accordion and double bass in several Roman nightclubs. He enrolled in the Faculty of Law at the La Sapienza University, where he attended the mimicry courses of the University Theatre Centre held by Giancarlo Cobelli, who immediately noticed his talent as a musician and booked him for an avantgarde play. Career Acting After several stage works, in 1966 Proietti debuted both in cinema, in ''Pleasant Nights'', and on television, in the TV series ''I grandi camaleonti''. His first personal success came in 1971, when he replaced Domenico Modugno in the stage musical ''Alleluja brava gente'' by Garinei & Giovannini, starring alongside Renato Rascel. In 1974, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Chiabotto
Cristina Chiabotto (born 15 September 1986) is an Italian TV presenter, model and showgirl. She works as TV presenter for Juventus Channel. Chiabotto was born in Moncalieri, in the province of Turin (Piedmont). She has a younger sister, Serena. In 2004 she won Miss Italia and started working for RAI. After appearing on ''Zecchino d'Oro'', a TV program for children in which she had a small role, she won the second series of the reality TV dance competition ''Ballando con le Stelle'' (the Italian version of ''Dancing With the Stars''). In 2006 she replaced Alessia Marcuzzi for Mediaset's program ''Le Iene'' and later worked on ''Festivalbar'' with Ilary Blasi. In 2008 she hosted ''Real TV'', the Italian version of ''Real TV'', on Italia 1. She lives in Turin and supports Juventus; she also appeared with Alessandro Del Piero in a popular advertisement. She is tall. Personal life Chiabotto dated her Ballando con le Stelle co-star Fabio Fulco until 2017. On 21 September 2019, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero (; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a deep-lying forward, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit for Sky Sport Italia. A technically gifted and creative supporting forward who was also a free-kick specialist, Del Piero is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation and as one of the best Italian players of all time. He won the Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year award in 1998 and 2008 and received multiple nominations for the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year. A prolific goal-scorer, he is currently the second highest all-time Italian top-scorer in all competitions, with 346 goals, behind only Silvio Piola, with 390 goals; he is also the joint ninth highest goalscorer in Serie A history, with 188 goals, alongside Giuseppe Signori and Alberto Gilardino. After beginning his career with Italian club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uliveto And Rocchetta
Oliveto (or Uliveto) may refer to : *Oliveto, Italian for olive grove *Count of Oliveto, a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Naples, in southern Italy * Oliveto (surname), surname Places in Italy *Oliveto Citra, in the Province of Salerno *Oliveto Lario, in the Province of Lecco *Oliveto Lucano, in the Province of Matera *Uliveto Terme, part of the municipality of Vicopisano, in the Province of Pisa *Monte Oliveto Maggiore, a monastery in Tuscany, the mother house of the Olivetans *San Pietro in Oliveto San Pietro in Oliveto is a Roman Catholic church located at the end of via del Castello in central Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy. History The church was founded in late 11th or early 12th-centuries, and began attached a Benedictine order, Be ..., a Roman Catholic church in central Brescia See also * {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Monicelli
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the ''Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awarded the Golden Lion for his career. Biography The early times Monicelli was born in Rome to a well-do family from Ostiglia,. a ''comune'' in the province of Mantua, in the Northern Italian region of Lombardy, as the second of five children of Tomaso Monicelli, a journalist, and Maria Carreri, a housewife. His older half-brother, Giorgio (whose mother was actress Elisa Severi), worked as writer and translator. An older brother, Franco, was a journalist. Raised in Rome, Viareggio (Tuscany) and Milan,.. Monicelli lived a carefree youth, and many of the cinematic jokes he later shot in ''Amici Miei'' ( My Friends) were inspired by his own experiences during his youth in Tuscany. In Milan, he finished his third year of high school a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Naples served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32 Dicembre
''32 dicembre'' (''32 December'') is a 1988 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy film written and directed by Luciano De Crescenzo. It is loosely based on the De Crescenzo's novel ''Oi Dialogoi''. For his performance Enzo Cannavale won the Nastro d'Argento for Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor, best supporting actor. Cast *Luciano De Crescenzo: Psichiatra/ confessore/ astronomo *Caterina Boratto: Carlotta *Renato Scarpa: Oscar *Massimo Serato: Ferruccio Ceravolo *Enzo Cannavale: Alfonso Caputo *: brother of Alfonso *Silvio Ceccato: Cavalier Sanfilippo/Socrate *: Salvatore Coppola/Antistene *: Saverio Pezzullo/Aristippo *: Marlon Cacace/Diogene *Riccardo Cucciolla: General Emanuele Anselmi *: Antonietta Bisogno *: Adelina Bisogno *Vanessa Gravina: Mimma *Antonio Allocca: merciaio *: Peppe o' criminale *Riccardo Pazzaglia: cliente del bar See also *List of Italian films of 1988 References External links * 1988 films 1988 comedy films Italian comedy films 1980s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Così Parlò Bellavista
''Così parlò Bellavista'' is a 1984 Italian comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Luciano De Crescenzo. De Crescenzo directed the film and also played the main role. For this film De Crescenzo won David di Donatello and Nastro d'Argento for best new director, while Marina Confalone won the same awards in the best supporting actress category. Plot summary In Naples, Professor Bellavista is a retired man, passionate about the philosophy and thought of Ancient Greece. Every day, in his luxurious apartment, he teaches his lessons of life to the poor-nothing (his friends), who are dazzled by his reasoning. One day, however, the quiet life of the building of Bellavista will be disturbed by the arrival of a director of Milan. Between Naples and Milan there is a sharp contrast, because the Neapolitans are accustomed to enjoy a quiet life, always based on the "philosophy of pleasure and delay", while the northern Italians are very strict and punctual. Cast * Luciano De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
