Arnoldo Foà (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014.

Biography

Foà was born in Ferrara, Italy, to a Jewish family, though Foà was an atheist in his adult life. Foà completed high school in

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, where he moved with his family, and studied at the acting school of Rasi. He abandoned his studies in economics and at age 20 moved to

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, where he attended the

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. He was initiated to the Italian

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in 1947 at the

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" Alpi Giulie" n.150 (in Rome), taking later the highest degree. Foà died on 11 January 2014 from respiratory failure, just 13 days short of his 98th birthday.

Theatre

1930s

* ''La serenata al vento'' by

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, directed by Alberto Bracaloni, 1935 * ''La dodicesima notte'' by

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, directed by Pietro Sharoff, 1938 * ''L’Alcalde di Zalamea'' by Calderón de la Barca, directed by * ''Rappresentazione di Santo Ignazio'' (Anonimo del XV secolo), directed by G. Pacuvio, 1939 * ''Frenesia'' by Charles de Peyret-Chappuis, directed by

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* ''La vita è sogno'' by Calderon de la Barca, directed by Nino Meloni * ''Le Allegre Comari di Windsor'' by

, directed by Pietro Scharoff

1940s

* ''I Masnadieri'' by Friedrich Schiller, directed by Guido Salvini, 1941 * ''I Fratelli Castiglioni'' by Alberto Colantuoni, directed by , 1942 * ''L’Arco di Ulisse'' by Gerhart Hauptmann * ''La Nascita di Salomè'', directed by * ''La ragazza indiavolata'' by Ralph Benatzky,

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, 1943 * ''La Parte di Marito'' by Vincenzo Tieri * ''La Vedova Allegra'', by

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* ''Il Marchese di Priolà'' by Henry Lavedan * ''Non Rinuncio all’Amore'' by Giovanni Bokay * ''Papà'' by Gaston Arman De Caillavet and Robert De Flers * ''Piccoli Traguardi'' by * ''La brava gente'' by

Irwin Shaw Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: '' The Young Lions'' ...

, directed by

Jean Giraudoux Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His wo ...

, Teatro Eliseo, 1945 * ''La luna è tramontata'' by John Steinbeck, directed by Vito Pandolfi, (

di Roma, 15 febbraio) * ''Arsenico e vecchi merletti'' by Joseph Kesselring, directed by

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* ''La bella avventura'' by Caillavet e De Flers, directed by

* ''Parenti Terribili'' by

Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...

, directed by

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, Compagnia del Teatro Eliseo * ''

Enrico IV ''Henry IV'' ( ) is an Italian play ''(Enrico IV)'' by Luigi Pirandello written in 1921 and premiered to general acclaim at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan on 24 February 1922. A study on madness with comic and tragic elements, it is about a man ...

'' by

Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...

* ''La quinta colonna'' by

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, directed by

, Compagnia del Teatro Eliseo di Roma * ''La via del tabacco'' Jack Kirkland (from novel of

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), directed by

of Roma 16 April 1946 * ''Mia sorella Evelina'' by J. Fields e J. Chodorov, directed by Guido Salvini * ''Susanna e i peccatori'' directed by

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* ''Delitto e castigo'' by Gaston Baty (

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), directed by

* ''La Madre degli emigranti'' by

Turi Vasile Turi Vasile (22 March 1922 - 1 September 2009) was an Italian producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film critic and author. Life and career Born in Messina, Sicily, Vasile started working as a playwright and a theatre director in the e ...

and Alberto Perrini, directed by Nino Meloni, , 6 luglio * ''Il Ritratto di Dorian Gray'' by Oscar Wilde, directed by Guido Salvini,

* ''Incantesimo'' by Philip Barry, directed by Gerardo Guerrieri, Teatro delle Arti, Rome, 7 febbraio * ''Appuntamento a Senlis'' by

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, directed by Guido Salvini, 1947 * ''Candida'' by

George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...

, directed by , (Compagnia Ferrati-Cortese-Scelso) * ''La fine della Signora Cheiney'' by Frederick Lonsdale * ''Fiera delle maschere'' (from Ruzante e Molière), version by and Luigi Squarzina, directed by

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* ''Sposateci, Signore...!'' by

Jean de Létraz Jean de Létraz, pen name of Jean Félix Deletraz, (23 February 1897 - 3 June 1954) was a French playwright, spécialising in vaudeville, who authored nearly 118 plays, among which the most famous is ''Bichon'' written in 1935. Biography His fir ...

, directed by * ''L’Uomo e il Fucile'' by Sergio Sollima, directed by

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* ''Anfitrione 38'' by Jean Giradoux, directed by , Teatro Quirino, 23 dicembre * ''Cristo ha ucciso'' by Gian Paolo Callegari, directed by Guido Salvini, Compagnia Straordinaria di G. Salvini, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, 1948 * ''Una bella domenica di settembre'' by

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, directed by

di Roma * ''Edipo Re di Eschilo'', directed by Guido Salvini, Comp. Straordinaria di G. Salvini, Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza * ''La porta chiusa'' by Marco Praga, directed by ,

* ''Scendete..vi chiamano'' by Jean De Letraz, directed by * ''I due mondi'' by Rose Franken, directed by , compagnia Ferrati-Scelzo-Cortese-Marchiò * ''Stefano'' by Jacques Déval, directed by * ''Il regno animale'' by Philip Barry, directed by

* ''La notte del 16 gennaio'' by Ayn Rand, directed by Guglielmo Cortese, ,

* ''Ardelia o La Margherita'' by

, directed by , Compagnia Cortese-Bagni-Cimara, Teatro Valle di Roma, 25 marzo 1949 * ''Giulio Cesare'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini, Compagnia del Festival Drammatico, * ''Medea di

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'', directed by Guido Salvini, , * ''Le Mani Sporche'' by

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lit ...

, directed by * ''L’Avaro'' by

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and worl ...

, directed by Luciano Salvi, Teatro Ateneo * ''Vivere Così'' by Dino Falconi * ''Proibito al Pubblico'' by Rogers Dornès and Jean Marsan, directed by * ''I Masnadieri'' by Friedrich Schiller, directed by Guido Salvini

1950s

* ''I Persiani'' by Eschilo directed by

, ,

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, 12 maggio 1950 * ''Le Baccanti'' by

, directed by

, ,

* ''Peer Gynt'' by Henrik Ibsen, directed by

Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman (; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as , was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions ...

, Compagnia del Teatro nazionale,

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di Roma * ''

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'' by

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, directed by

Giorgio Strehler Giorgio Strehler (; ; 14 August 1921 – 25 December 1997) was an actor, Italian opera and theatre director. Biography Strehler was born in Barcola, Trieste; His father, Bruno Strehler, was a native of Trieste with family roots in Vienna and die ...

, * ''

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'' by

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, directed by Guido Salvini, * ''Commedia degli Straccioni'' by

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, directed by Guido Salvini, Compagnia Teatro Nazionale * ''Caterina da Siena'' by Cesare Vico Ludovici, directed by Fernando De Crucciati * ''I Fratelli'' by

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, directed by

, Teatro Greco di Acrae * ''La Cameriera Brillante'' by

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, directed by Lucio Chiavarelli * ''Anna per mille giorni'' by

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, directed by Guido Salvini,

, 1951 * ''Detective story'', by Sidney Kingsley, directed by

, Compagnia del Teatro Nazionale * ''Il libro di Cristoforo Colombo'' by

Paul Claudel Paul Claudel (; 6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism. Early lif ...

, directed by Guido Salvini * ''Giulietta e Romeo'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini,

* ''La Casa Nova'' by

, directed by Carlo Lodovici, Teatro di Palazzo Grassi (Venezia) * ''Yo, el Rey'' by , directed by Guido Salvini * ''Un mese in campagna'' by

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, directed by Orazio Costa, Teatro Odeon di Milano, 1952 * '' Le Nuvole'' by

, directed by , * ''

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, directed by , * '' Lazzaro'' by

, directed by Claudio Fino, Compagnia Pagnani * ''La Fiaccola sotto il moggio'' by Gabriele D'Annunzio, directed by

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* ''Capitan Carvallo'' by Denis Cannan, directed by , Compagnia Italiana di Prosa, Teatro Carignano * '' Chéri'' by Léopold Marchand (of Colette), directed by

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, Compagnia Italiana di Prosa, Teatro Duse * ''

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'' by

, directed by , Compagnia del Piccolo Teatro della Città di Milano, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, 1953 * ''

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'' by

, directed by

, comp. Teatro Eliseo of Roma,

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a Ferrara, 1955 * ''

'' by ''Plautus'', directed by Giulio Pacuvio, Compagnia del Dramma Antico, Teatro Romano di Ostia * '' Le Nuvole'' by Aristofanes, directed by Giulio Pacuvio, Compagnia del Dramma Antico, Teatro Romano di Ostia * ''Veglia d’armi'' by D. Fabbri, directed by Orazio Costa, Istituto Dramma Popolare, Teatro Olimpia di Milano, 1956 * ''Paura di me'' by V. Bompiani, directed by Daniele D’Anza, Comp. Teatrale Italiana Teatro delle Arti * ''Noi due'' by Alessandro De Stefani, directed by Mario Landi, Compagnia Teatrale Italiana, Teatro delle Arti of Roma * ''La professione della signora Warren'' by

, directed by Mario Ferrero, Compagnia Pagnani-Villi-Foà, Teatro Eliseo of Roma * ''Adorabile Giulia'' of Marc Gilbert Sauvajon, directed by

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, Compagnia Pagnani-Villi-Foà-Ferzetti, Teatro Eliseo of Roma * ''Musica di foglie morte'' by

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, directed by Alberto Gagliardelli * ''Casa di Bambola'' by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Luciano Lucignani * ''Ma non è una cosa seria'' by

, directed by

, comp. Pagnani-Villi-Foà-Ferzetti, 1957 * ''Signori buonasera'' by A. Foà, directed by A. Foà, Compagnia Pagnani-Villi-Foà-Ferzetti, Teatro Odeon di Milano * ''La figlia di Jorio'' by Gabriele D'Annunzio, directed by

* ''La Commedia degli Equivoci'' by W. Shakespeare, directed by Mario Ferrero, 1958 * ''Racconto d’Inverno'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini, 1959 * ''Commedia degli Straccioni'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini * by

, directed by

1960s

* ''Due in altalena'' by William Gibson, directed by A. Foà, Teatro Eliseo di Roma, 1960 * ''La terra è rotonda'' by Armand Salacrou directed by Roberto Guicciardini * ''Giulietta e Romeo'' by W. Shakespeare, directed by Franco Enriquez, Teatro Romano di Verona * ''Rashomon'' di Fay e Kanin, (dal film di Akira Kurosawa), directed by Arnoldo Foà, 1961 * ''I Turchi se la giocano a primiera'' by Alfio Beretta, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Nuovo di Milano * ''Pene d’amor perdute'' by

, directed by , Compagnia Stabile della città di Napoli, Teatro Mercadante * ''Un giorno nella vita di ... '' by Jack Popplewell, directed by Umberto Benedetto, Piccolo Teatro Stabile della città di Firenze * ''Anfitrione'' by

, directed by Silverio Blasi, Centro Teatrale Italiano, 1962 * '' Ifigenia'' by Ildebrando Pizzetti e Alberto Perrini, directed by Aldo Vassallo Mirabella, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma * ''Il Pipistrello'' by Johann Strauss Jr, directed by Herbert Graf, Direttore d’orchestra Samuel Krachmalnick, regia teatrale Arnoldo Foà, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma * ''I Masteroidi'' by Marcel Aymè, directed by A. Foà, 1963 * ''Notti a Milano'' by Carlo Terron, directed by A. Foà * ''La Lanzichenecca'' by Vincenzo di Mattia, directed by Virginio Puecher, Compagnia del Piccolo Teatro di Milano, 1964 * ''Eracle'' by Euripide, translated by

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, directed by Giuseppe Di Martino, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, Teatro Greco di Siracusa * ''Andromaca'' by Euripide, directed by Mario Ferrero, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, Teatro Greco di Siracusa * ''Canti e poesie della libertà'', directed by Raffaele Maiello, testi a cura di Arnoldo Foà e Gigi Lunari, Teatro Lirico di Milano, 1965 * ''Re Cervo'' da Carlo Gozzi, directed by Andrea Camilleri * ''Ruy Blas'' by

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

, directed by Mario Ferrero, Teatro Duse di Bologna, 1966 * ''Il testimone'' by A. Foà, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Duse di Bologna * ''La stanza degli Ospiti'' by Brunello Rondi, directed by A. Foà, Teatro della Cometa * ''I Menecmi'' by Plauto, translated by Ettore Paratore, directed by Accursio Di Leo, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico * ''La Pace'' by Aristofane, directed by A. Foà, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, 1967 * ''Zio Vania'' by Anton Checov, directed by Pietro Sharoff, Teatro Centrale di Roma, 1968 * ''Golem'' by Alessandro Fersen, directed by A. Fersen, E.T.I. Teatro La Pergola di Firenze, 1969 * ''

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'' by Henry de Montherlant, translated by Mario Moretti, directed by

José Quaglio José Quaglio, real name Giuseppe Quaglio, (28 February 1926 – 8 January 2007), was an Italian actor and theater director. He has performed in some 50 films in Italy and has directed four. He acted in a dozen films in France. Filmography A ...

1970s

* ''Il Burbero Benefico'' by

, directed by Carlo Lodovici, ripresa televisiva 22 dicembre 1970 * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by L. Pirandello, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Stabile di Palermo, 1971 * ''Flavia e le sue Bambole'' by Salvato Cappelli, directed by Giorgio Prosperi, Fondazione Andrea Biondo Compagnia Stabile di Palermo * ''The entertainer'' by John Osborne, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Compagnia Teatro San Babila di Milano, 1972 * ''Per una giovinetta che nessuno piange'' by Renato Mainardi, directed by Arnoldo Foà * ''Lisistrata'' by Aristofane, directed by Daniele D’Anza, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, Teatro Greco di Siracusa * ''Vecchi vuoti a rendere'' by

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, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Valle 1973 * ''Miles Gloriosus'' by Plauto, trad. e ridu. di A. Foà, directed by A. Foà, Compagnia Attori Riuniti * ''L’estro del Poeta'' by Eugene O’Neill, directed by Enrico Colosimo * ''La folle Amanda'' by

Pierre Barillet Pierre Barillet (24 August 1923 – 8 January 2019) was a French playwright. Biography Barillet was born in Paris, France. Passionate about theatre since childhood, he wrote his first play, ''Les Héritiers'', in 1945 after being a law student. ...

Jean-Pierre Gredy Jean-Pierre Grédy, often anglicised as Gredy (16 August 1920 – 6 February 2022) was a French playwright. Biography After studying literature and law, Grédy entered IDHEC because he wanted to write screenplays. He wrote the screenplay for ...

, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Compagnia del Teatro Comico, Teatro Duse di Bologna, 1974 * ''Maschere Nude'' by L. Pirandello, directed by Lambreto Puggelli, Compagnia del Teatro San Babila, 1975 * ''Farsa d’amore e di gelosia'' by Mario Amendola e Bruno Corbucci, directed by Filippo Crivelli, Teatro Nuovo di Milano 1976 * ''Un angelo calibro 9'' by Nino Marino, directed by A. Foà, Theatritalia/Compagnia del Momento Teatrale, Teatro Duse di Bologna, 1977–1978 * ''La Roba'' da G. Verga, directed by A. Mazzone * ''Quella della porta accanto'' by Nino Marino, directed by A. Foà * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by L. Pirandello, directed by Arnoldo Foà, con A. Foà, Teatro Parioli di Roma, 1979

1980s

* ''Il lebbroso'' by Giancarlo Menotti, directed by

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, Festival dei Due Mondi, 1980 * ''Il teatro comico'' by

, directed by

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* ''Questa sera si recita a soggetto'' by

, regia Marco Parodi, Cooperativa Teatro di Sardegna, 1982 * ''Le Supplici'' by Eschilo, regia Otomar Krejca,

* ''L’Angelo Azzurro'', adapted by Aldo Trionfo e Alessandro Giupponi dal testo di

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, directed by Alessandro Giupponi, 1983 * ''Il Settimo Sigillo'' (da Dipinto su legno by Ingmar Bergman), directed by Lucio Chiavarelli, Festival di Borgio Verezzi, 1984 * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by

, directed by A. Foà * ''Ciavieddu'' by

Salvatore Fiume Salvatore Fiume (23 October 1915 – 3 June 1997) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, writer and stage designer. His works are kept in some of the most important museums in the world, among which the Vatican Museums, the Hermitage of ...

, directed by , Teatro dei Ruderi di Gibellina, 1985 * ''La corda a tre capi'' by A. Foà, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Astec - Teatro Stabile dei Giovani * ''Fiorenza'' by

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, directed by Aldo Trionfo (con la collaborazione di Lorenzo Salveti), 1986 * ''Otello'' by Giuseppe Verdi (opera lirica), directed by Arnoldo Foà, Auditorium di Cagliari * ''La Tosca'' by

Victorien Sardou Victorien Sardou ( , ; 5 September 18318 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-centur ...

, adattamento e directed by Aldo Trionfo, di Napoli, 1988 * ''L’ispettore generale'' by Nikolai Gogol, directed by , GITIESSE Spettacoli, 1989 * ''La palla al piede'' by

Georges Feydeau Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie Feydeau (; 8 December 1862 – 5 June 1921) was a French playwright of the era known as the Belle Époque. He is remembered for his farces, written between 1886 and 1914. Feydeau was born in Paris to middle-class parent ...

, directed by Armando Pugliese,

di Roma * ''Un pezzo di paradiso'' by Steve J. Spears, directed by A. Foà,

1990s

* ''Don Giovanni e Faust'' by Christian Dietrich Grabbe, directed by Gino Zampieri, Festival del Teatro Classico, Borgio Verezzi, 1990 * ''L’Ultimo Viaggio di Pirandello'' by B. Belfiore, directed by P. Gazzara, 1991 * ''Adelchi'' by A. Manzoni, directed by Federico Tiezzi, produzione

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di Palermo e Teatro Argentina di Roma, Teatro Biondo di Palermo, 1992 * ''La bottega del caffè'' by C. Goldoni, directed by Mario Missiroli, Produzione Teatro Argentina di Roma * ''La Pace'' by Aristofane, trad. di Raffaele Cantarella, adattamento e directed by A. Foà, Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza * ''Il Corsaro'' (dal Decamerone di

Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was some ...

) di Fausto Tapergi, directed by Marco Carniti, 1993–1994 * ''Aulularia'' by Plauto, directed by Renato Giordano, Teatro Romano di Ostia Antica * ''Aminta'' by

Torquato Tasso Torquato Tasso ( , also , ; 11 March 154425 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem ''Gerusalemme liberata'' ( Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between ...

, directed by Luca Ronconi, Produzione Teatro di Roma * ''Una serata per l'impresario teatrale'' directed by Stefano Mazzonis, Trittico di 3 opere buffe: Il maestro di cappella by D.Cimarosa e Epitaffi sparsi by Ennio Morricone, e L'impresario teatrale by W. A. Mozart. Orchestra Pro Arte Marche diretta da Bruno Rigacci. 1997 * ''La signora della musica'' by André Ernotte e Elliot Tiber, adattamento e directed by A. Foà, Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano e Cubatea, 1998 * ''La rivoluzione di Frà Tommaso Campanella'' by Mario Moretti, directed by Mario Moretti, Teatro Ghione di Roma, 1999 * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by

, directed by A. Foà, produzione La Pirandelliana, Teatro Franco Parenti di Milano * ''Tutti gli uomini del deficiente'' directed by

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, 1999

2000s

* ''Amphitryon Toujours'' by Arnoldo Foà, directed by Arnoldo Foà, produzione La Pirandelliana, Spoleto Festival 2000, 2000 * ''Ultimo giorno di un condannato a morte'', di Giovanni De Feudis, directed by Giovanni De Feudis (da Le dernier jour d’un condamné by

) * ''L’Igiene dell’Assassino'' by Amélie Nothomb, directed by Andrea Dosio, Torino Spettacoli, Teatro Erba di Torino, 2001 * ''ll Vantone'' by

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(dal Miles Gloriosus by

), directed by Pino Quartullo * ''Colpevole innocenza'' by Ronald Harwood, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Compagnia Mario Chiocchio, Teatro Greco di Roma * ''Pluto'' by Aristofanes, adattamento e directed by A. Foà, 2002 * ''Duse/D’Annunzio'' by Barbara Amodio, directed by Angelo Gallo * ''Novecento'' by Alessandro Baricco, directed by Gabriele Vacis, Produzione Mondrian Kilroy Fund e Irma Spettacoli, 2003–2004 * ''Oggi'' by Arnoldo Foà, directed by A. Foà, con A. Foà, produzione La Pirandelliana, Teatro Ghione di Roma, 2005 * ''Patrizia, il Musical'', di Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Sistina * ''Sul lago dorato'' by Ernest Thompson (adattamento di Nino Marino), directed by Maurizio Panici, produzione La Pirandelliana, Festival di Borgio Verezzi 2006 * ''Scene dalla vita di Mozart'' testo di Lorenzo Arruga, musica di Albert Lortzing, regia Dan Jemmett, direzione musicale Paolo Arrivabeni, con Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Comunale di Bologna * ''Io, Arturo Toscanini'', di Piero Melograni, directed by Giulio Farnese, Teatro Politeama Pratese, 2007

Selected filmography

* ''

Un giorno nella vita ''Un giorno nella vita'' ("A Day in Life") is a 1946 Italian war film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. American title: "A Day In the Life". This film was screened in 2009 at the Film Society of ...

'' (1946) * '' The Testimony'' (1946) * ''

The Opium Den ''The Opium Den'' (Italian: ''Fumeria d'oppio'') is a 1947 Italian crime film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Emilio Ghione Jr., Mariella Lotti, and Emilio Cigoli. It was an unsuccessful attempt to revive the Za La Mort character ...

'' (1947) * ''

L'eroe della strada ''L'eroe della strada'' (i.e. "The hero of the road") is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Erminio Macario. Plot Felice Manetti, a poor, unemployed man, is accused of stealing an organ. Saved by the testimony of ...

'' (1948) * ''

Il Brigante Musolino ''Il Brigante Musolino'' (Italian: ''The Brigand Musolino''), released in the US as ''Outlaw Girl'', is a 1950 Italian crime drama film inspired by the life of the Calabrian outlaw Giuseppe Musolino. It was directed and written by Mario Camerini ...

'' (1950) * '' The Merry Widower'' (1950) * ''

Toto the Sheik ''Toto the Sheik'' ( it, Totò sceicco) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.Curti p.145 It is a parody of desert films such as '' The Son of the Sheik'' and ''Siren of Atlantis''. Plot Antonio is the hum ...

'' (1950) * '' Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951) * ''

Beauties on Bicycles ''Beauties on Bicycles'' (Italian: ''Bellezze in '') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Silvana Pampanini and Delia Scala.Parish p.142 It was filmed at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome with sets designed by Al ...

'' (1951) * ''

Lorenzaccio ''Lorenzaccio'' is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in de ...

'' (1951) * ''

Ivan, Son of the White Devil ''Ivan, Son of the White Devil'' ( it, Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco, also known just as ''Ivan'') is a 1953 Italian adventure film written and directed by Guido Brignone and starring Paul Campbell and Nadia Gray.Anonimo. "Ivan, il figlio ...

'' (1953) * '' Love in a Hot Climate'' (1954) * ''

Cardinal Lambertini Pope Benedict XIV ( la, Benedictus XIV; it, Benedetto XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the Lis ...

'' (1954) * ''

Toto and Carolina Toto may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters Pets * Toto (''Oz''), a dog in the novel and film ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' * Toto, in Japanese ''The Cat Returns'' Characters of agency * a character in '' Le château à T ...

'' (1955) * '' Supreme Confession'' (1956) * '' The Courier of Moncenisio'' (1956) * '' The Silent Enemy'' (1958) * ''

The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby ''The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (Italian: ''Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby'') is an Italian television series which first aired on RAI 1 in 1958. It is based on the novel ''Nicholas Nickleby'' by Charles Dickens.Hollington p.679 Main cast ...

'' (1958, TV series) * ''

The Angel Wore Red ''The Angel Wore Red'', also known as ''La sposa bella'' in its Italian version, is a 1960 Italian-American MGM/Titanus coproduction war drama starring Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde. It was directed by Nunnally Johnson and produced by Goffredo Lo ...

'' (1960) * ''

Barabbas Barabbas (; ) was, according to the New Testament, a prisoner who was chosen over Jesus by the crowd in Jerusalem to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast. Biblical account According to all four canoni ...

'' (1961) - Joseph of Arimathea * ''

Damon and Pythias The story of Damon (; grc-gre, Δάμων, gen. Δάμωνος) and Pythias (; or ; or Phintias, ) is a legend in Greek historic writings illustrating the Pythagorean ideal of friendship. Pythias is accused of and charged with plotting against ...

'' (1962) * ''

War Gods of Babylon ''Le sette folgori di Assur'' (English title: ''War Gods of Babylon'') is a 1962 Italian film set in ancient Mesopotamia, which anachronistically portrays several figures as contemporaries who historically lived hundreds of years apart. Plot Mir ...

'' (1962) * ''

The Trial ''The Trial'' (german: Der Process, link=no, previously , and ) is a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously on 26 April 1925. One of his best known works, it tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and p ...

'' (1962) * ''

The Shoes of the Fisherman The Shoes of the Fisherman may refer to: * ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (novel), a 1963 novel by the writer Morris West * ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (film), a 1968 film based on the novel {{disambiguation ...

'' (1968) * '' Cause of Divorce'' (1972) * ''

Il domestico ''Il domestico'' is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Lando Buzzanca as Rosario Cabaduni, called 'Sasa ...

'' (1974) * '' The Devil Is a Woman'' (1974) * ''

Cento giorni a Palermo ''One Hundred Days in Palermo'' ( it, Cento giorni a Palermo) is a 1984 non-fiction film directed by Giuseppe Ferrara with Giuseppe Tornatore as screenplay writer. The film is a France/Italy coproduction and tells about the last hundred days in t ...

'' (1984) * ''

All the Moron's Men ''All the Moron's Men'' ( it, Tutti gli uomini del deficiente) is a 1999 Italian comedy film directed by Paolo Costella. The movie's title is a parody of ''All the President's Men ''All the President's Men'' is a 1974 non-fiction book by Carl ...

'' (1999) * ''

Gente di Roma ''People of Rome'' ( it, Gente di Roma) is a 2003 Italian comedy mockumentary film directed by Ettore Scola. It is close to Federico Fellini's ''Roma''. The film is dedicated to Alberto Sordi, whom Scola had wanted to cast as a nobleman in t ...

'' (2003) * '' The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII'' (2003) * ''

Do You Mind If I Kiss Mommy? ''Do You Mind If I Kiss Mommy?'' (Italian: ''Ti spiace se bacio mamma?'') is a 2003 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Benvenuti. Cast *Alessandro Benvenuti as Sandro * Natasha Stefanenko as Lena *Arnoldo Foà as Renato * Marina Massironi ...

'' (2003) * '' Up'' (2009) - Charles F. Muntz (Italian version)

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