Fiorenzo Fiorentini

Fiorenzo Fiorentini (10 April 1920 – 27 March 2003) was an Italian actor, author, composer, screenwriter and radio personality.

Fiorenzo Fiorentini
Fiorentini in Teresa the Thief (1973)
Born(1920-04-10)10 April 1920
Rome
Died27 March 2003(2003-03-27) (aged 82)
Rome
OccupationActor

Life and career

Born in Rome, Fiorentini began his career as an author and radio actor, creating many successful macchiette (i.e. comic monologues caricaturing stock characters).[1][2] He made his stage debut in 1954, in the revue Tutto fa Broadway.[2] He later focused his stage activity on plays and shows related to Roman culture, often collaborating with Mario Scaccia.[1][2] In 1980 he founded the Ettore Petrolini Study Centre in Rome.[2]

Fiorentini appeared in numerous films, mostly comedies, sometimes even collaborating on the screenplays.[1][2] He was also a television author and actor, a singer and a successful composer.[1] He died from the after-effects of an intracerebral hemorrhage.[3]

Partial filmography

References
  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
  2. Felice Cappa; Piero Gelli; Marco Mattarozzi (1998). Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Baldini & Castoldi, 1998. ISBN 8880892959.
  3. "Addio a Fiorenzo Fiorentini il trasformista del teatro". La Repubblica. 2 March 2003. Retrieved 25 January 2014.


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