Rocco D'Assunta

Rocco D'Assunta (7 February 1904 – 27 January 1970) was an Italian actor, comedian and playwright.

Rocco D'Assunta
Italian actor, comedian and playwright
Born(1904-02-07)7 February 1904
Palermo
Died27 January 1970(1970-01-27) (aged 65)
Rome

Life and career

Born in Palermo, D'Assunta started acting at very young age with several Sicilian stage companies, including the ones led by Angelo Musco and Giovanni Grasso.[1] At the beginning of the thirties he moved to Rome where he was part of the "Za-Bum Company" directed by Mario Mattoli, then he devoted himself to radio as a member of the "Teatro Comico Musicale" on Radio Roma that got him some popularity thanks to his comic monologues caricaturing typical Sicilian characters.[1] He made his cinema debut in 1933, and was mainly cast in character roles of Sicilian people.[1] He was also active on television.[1]

D'Assunta was also the author, under the pseudonym Roda, of the stage play Io, Angelo Musco, which was first represented in 1962.[1] His daughter Solvejg D'Assunta is also an actress and a voice actress.[1]

Partial filmography

References
  1. Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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