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Tino Schirinzi (12 August 1934 – 18 August 1993), was an Italian actor and stage director. Born in
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, Schirinzi graduated in medicine, then he devoted himself to the theatre, often working at the Teatro Stabile in Turin and at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. He created a successful artistic partnership with Piera Degli Esposti, and took part in Italian theatrical debut of
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. After 1968, he was author of irreverent reinterpretations of works by Gabriele d'Annunzio,
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and of the
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which resulted in a resounding firing from the Vittoriale theatre. Less active in cinema, in 1983 Schirinzi won a
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for Best Supporting Actor thanks to his performance in ''
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''. Struck by an incurable cancer, for which he had lost his speech, in 1993 he killed himself with his wife
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, by jumping from the viaduct under construction on the Bilancino dam near
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schirinzi, Tino 1934 births People from Taranto 1993 deaths Italian male stage actors Nastro d'Argento winners Suicides by jumping in Italy 20th-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors 1993 suicides Joint suicides