Carlos Gandolfo (March 27, 1931January 12, 2005) was an Argentine stage actor and director.

Life and work

Carlos Gandolfo was born in

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, in 1931. He was a director in local, independent theatres ''Teatro de los Independientes'' and ''La Máscara'' during the 1950s and in 1958, received his first

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role in Simón Feldman's ''El negoción'' (''The Bargain''). That year, he met an 18-year-old aspiring actress,

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, with whom he began a relationship and married, in 1963. The couple had two boys: Matías, an actor, and

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, a well-known local illusionist. Gandolfo was not a prolific film actor, and his only significant roles were in Agustín Navarro's ''

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'' (''A Cage Keeps No Secrets'', 1962), and in

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's banned political satire, ''Proceso a la infamia'' (''Trial on Infamy''), which was made in 1974; but, released in an edited version four years later. He was, however, well known in Argentine theatre, where an ancestor, Juan José de los Santos Casacuberta (1818–49), had been a lead actor in its early days. Gandolfo received leading parts in local productions of prominent works such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', during the 1950s and '60s. Diagnosed with a

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in 1972, Gandolfo was forced to end his acting career in the theatre, and he devoted himself to direction an instruction, instead. Among his many stage productions were those of

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'',

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'' and

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's '' Homebody/Kabul''.''Clarín'': Murió Carlos Gandolfo
/ref> Kushner's play would be Carlos Gandolfo's last production, and he died in 2005 at age 73.

References

* Argentine theatre directors Argentine male stage actors People from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Italian descent 1931 births 2005 deaths Deaths from cancer in Argentina 20th-century Argentine male actors {{Argentina-actor-stub