Giorgio Albertazzi (20 August 1923 – 28 May 2016) was an Italian actor and film director.

Giorgio Albertazzi
Born(1923-08-20)20 August 1923
Died28 May 2016(2016-05-28) (aged 92)
Occupation(s)Actor, film director
Years active1949–2016
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse
Pia de Tolomei
(m. 2007)
PartnerAnna Proclemer
AwardsOrder of Merit of the Italian Republic (1996)
Albertazzi (right) with Giorgio Napolitano (left) and Ignazio Marino (center)

Born in San Martino a Mensola, Tuscany, Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spent two years in prison for collaborating. Following the amnesty by Palmiro Togliatti he changed from studying architecture to acting.

Giorgio Albertazzi in 1974

In the theater Albertazzi debuted in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, and over the following decades starred in a number of classics, many of them for television. From the early 1950s he was also seen on the big screen and appeared in more than 50 films. From 1969, he directed several television films, including the miniseries George Sand in 1981. From 2003, he was the director of the Teatro di Roma.

He had a close friendship with actress Anna Proclemer who appeared with him for many years. In 2007, Albertazzi married his long-standing partner, Pia de Tolomei.

In 1988 he wrote his memoirs. He died on 28 May 2016, at the age of 92.[1][2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1951 Lorenzaccio Lorenzo De' Medici detto Lorenzaccio
1952 Little World of Don Camillo Don Pietro Uncredited
1952 Article 519, Penal Code Franco - fidanzato di Luisa
1953 The Merchant of Venice Lorenzo
1953 I Piombi di Venezia Captain Giuliano
1953 Gioventù alla sbarra Marco
1954 Storm Il coloniale
1954 Concert of Intrigue Conte Enrico Alberti
1954 Uomini ombra Dario Saltini
1957 White Nights L'inquilino / Narratore Uncredited
1957 Marisa la civetta Antonio Voice, Uncredited
1958 Un flauto in paradiso Voice
1960 Labbra rosse Carrei
1961 Last Year at Marienbad X - l'homme à l'accent italien
1961 Morte di un bandito Don Luigino
1962 Redhead Patrick O'Malley
1962 Eva Sergio Branco Malloni - a movie director Uncredited
1963 Violenza segreta Enrico Maraini - un giovane esploratore
1967 I Married You for Fun Pietro
1968 Darling Caroline Albencet, le géologiste
1970 Gradiva L'amico di Norbert - un psichiatra
1972 The Assassination of Trotsky Commissioner
1974 Five Women for the Killer Professor Aldo Betti
1975 La nottata Destino
1975 Mark of the Cop Questore
1994 Once a Year, Every Year Lorenzo
1996 Fatal Frames - Fotogrammi mortali Father
1998 Crimine contro crimine Filippo Maria
1999 Li chiamarono... briganti! Il cardinale Antonelli
2001 Tutta la conoscenza del mondo Il professore Perotti
2003 L'avvocato De Gregorio De Gregorio
2004 Ora e per sempre Pietro anziano
2007 Memorie di Adriano
2008 The Rage Produttore commerciale
2011 Some Say No Barone De Rolandis
2016 La sindrome di Antonio Klingsor (final film role)

Discography

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Singles

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  • 1955 – Petrarca (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0418, EP 7")
  • 1957 – Solitudine (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0434, EP 7")
  • 1961 – Lettere d'amore (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0477, EP 7")
  • 1965 – Discorso della montagna (Cetra – Collana Letteraria Documento, CL 0419, EP 7")
  • 1969 – Questa cosa che chiamiamo mondo/Tema di Linda (Carosello, CL 20222, 7") from the television series Jekyll
  • 1969 – Ti amo... ed io di più/Sospendi il tempo (Boradway International, 7") with Anna Proclemer
  • 1970 – Miraggio d'estate/Miraggio d'estate (Carosello, 7") with Penny Brown
  • I fioretti di S. Francesco (Istituto Internazionale Del Disco, SIL 4001, EP 7") with Antonio Baldini
  • Giorgio Sacchetti – Tre novelle lette da Giorgio Albertazzi (Istituto Internazionale Del Disco, SIL 4096, EP 7")
  • Neruda, Barcarola e altre poesie (Nuova Accademia Disco, DP 6008, EP)

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References

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  1. ^ Corriere della Sera (28 May 2016). "È morto Giorgio Albertazzi, aveva 92 anni". Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  2. ^ Obituary Giorgio Albertazzi
  3. ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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