Armando Falconi
| Armando Falconi | |
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Falconi (left), Chiaretta Gelli and Carlo Campanini in Il birichino di papà (1943) | |
| Born |
10 July 1871 Rome, Lazio Italy |
| Died |
4 September 1954 (aged 83) Milan, Lombardy Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1915-1944 (film) |
Armando Falconi (1871–1954) was an Italian stage and film actor who appeared in more than forty films during his career. He played the lead in the 1931 comedy The Charmer.[1]
Life and career
Born in Rome, Falconi was the son of two Neapolitan stage actors.[2] He first worked as an employee and an officer before starting to work as a professional actor in the late 1890s.[2] In 1901 he married the actress Tina Di Lorenzo, with whom he often teamed up on stage.[2] Following several national and foreign tours, in 1912 he founded the Stable Company of the Manzoni Theatre in Milan.[2] Following the retirement of his wife in 1920, he directed the company Compagnia Comoedia, and headed in a number of other companies, notably having a remarkable success with the musical comedy Wunder Bar.[2] After having appeared in some mute films between 1915 and 1918, in the 1930s Falconi intensified his cinema activities, starring in a number of comedy films.[2] Widow since 1930, he remarried to actress Elisabetta Svoboda (also known with the stage name Lili Svett) in 1942.[2] His son Dino was a screenwriter, director, journalist and playwright.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Charmer (1931)
- The Old Lady (1932)
- The Joker King (1935)
- Don Pasquale (1940)
- The Man on the Street (1941)
- The Betrothed (1941)
- Rossini (1942)
- The Innkeeper (1944)
References
Bibliography
- Landy, Marcia. The Folklore of Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930-1943. SUNY Press, 2008.
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