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Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman, popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements.
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entertainment · Italian actor (1922–2000) · film director · television actor · screenwriter · stage actor · film actor · actor · theatre director · theatre manager · director · also Vittorio Gassman, Vittorio Gassmann, Il Mattatore, Gassman
Born 1 September 1922 · Died 29 June 2000 · Q55452
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2000· 1 entry
Died 2000-06-29.
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts (1997).
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1994).
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Gassman voiced Mufasa in the Italian dubbed version of The Lion King
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Donostia Award (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1987).
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1975· 2 entries
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for Scent of a Woman (1975).
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Awarded Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor for Scent of a Woman (1975).
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1957· 1 entry
Awarded Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor for Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957).
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1956· 1 entry
Gassman played the title role in a production of Othello
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1952· 1 entry
Co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians
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1947· 1 entry
Won the Fogazzaro prize, published in 1965 (ed
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1946· 1 entry
Made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films
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1942· 1 entry
With Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica
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1922· 1 entry
Born 1922-09-01.
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