Raffaele Pisu (24 May 1925 – 31 July 2019) was an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
as Guerrino Pisu into a family of
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
n origin, Pisu debuted in the drama theater and in 1945 he was one of the founders of the stage company L'attico.
He later focused on the
avanspettacolo, working with the Nava Sisters,
Isa Barzizza
Isa Barzizza (born 22 November 1929) is an Italian actress who has appeared in 46 films since 1947.
Life and career Early life
Born in Sanremo, Barzizza is the daughter of the conductor and composer Pippo Barzizza. Gianfranco Baldazzi. "Isa Ba ...
and
Wanda Osiris.
He reached a large popularity with several variety shows on radio and later on television, notably with the variety television ''L'amico del giaguaro'' (1961–1964).
[Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .] Pisu was also active in TV-movies and in films, usually in supporting roles.
In 2005, Pisu won the
Nastro d'Argento
The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...
for
best supporting actor for his performance in
Paolo Sorrentino
Paolo Sorrentino (; born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. His 2013 film ''The Great Beauty'' won the Academy Awards, Academy Award, the Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe, and the British Academy of Film and Te ...
's ''
The Consequences of Love''.
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1925 births
2019 deaths
Actors from Bologna
Italian male stage actors
Nastro d'Argento winners
Italian male film actors
Italian male comedians
Italian male television actors
20th-century Italian male actors