From Strehler to Sorrentino, a life between theater, cinema and great TV dramas
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By Enzo Boniauto
September 8, 2021
Film and theater actor Franco Graziosi has died at the age of 92 . He was born on 10 July 1929 in Macerata. Graziosi was a protagonist for both theater and cinema. The beginning of his artistic career is on the tables of the stage of the Piccolo Teatro di Milano directed by Giorgio Strehler, but the actor boasts in his curriculum various works directed by other leading directors, such as Orazio Costa, Luigi Squarzina, Luca Ronconi, Diego Fabbri, Giorgio Albertazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Mario Missiroli.
Among the theatrical interpretations, he stands out above all in the works of the great classics such as Carlo Goldoni ('Harlequin servant of two masters',' The barefoot widow '), Anton Cechov (' The cherry garden '), Giovanni Verga (' From your to mine '), Gabriele D'Annunzio (' Francesca da Rimini '), Bertolt Brecht (' The Threepenny Opera ').
Prominent directors also for his works for the big screen, with films such as 'Men against' and 'The Mattei case' by Francesco Rosi, 'Giù la testa' by Sergio Leone, 'Habemus Papam' by Nanni Moretti, up to the most recent 'The great beauty' directed by Paolo Sorrentino. To his credit, also the interpretations in great TV dramas such as 'I masnadieri', 'The five days of Milan', 'Along the river and on the water', 'Honor and respect'.
GRAZIOSI, Franco
Born: 7/10/1929, Macerata, Marche, Italy
Died: 9/8/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Franco Graziosi’s westerns – actor:
One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! - 1970
Duck, You Sucker – 1971 (Governor Don Jaime/General Huerta)
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears – 1972 (General Lucius Morton)
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