Gilberto Govi
| Gilberto Govi | |
|---|---|
 Gilberto Govi in the film Che tempi! (1948) | |
| Born |
22 October 1885 Genoa, Italy |
| Died |
28 April 1966 (aged 80) Genoa, Italy |
| Occupation | Film and stage actor, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1942–1960 |
Amerigo Armando Gilberto Govi (22 October 1885 – 28 April 1966) was an Italian film and stage actor and screenwriter. He was the founder of the Genoese Dialectal Theatre.[1]
His greatest successes were I manezzi pe majâ na figgia (I maneggi per maritare una figlia, The handlings for make a daughter married), Pignasecca e Pignaverde (Dry-Pinecone and Green-Pinecone) and Colpi di Timone (Rudder Blows). Also famous in Italy, especially Genoa and Liguria, are Quello buonanima, Gildo Peragallo, ingegnere (Gildo Peragallo, engineer), I Gustavino e i Passalacqua (The Gustavinos and the Passalacquas) and Sotto a chi tocca (Who's the next?).
References
- ↑ Il mito di Gilberto Govi. libero.it
Sources
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- Ternavasio, Maurizio (2001). Gilberto Govi. Vita d'attore. Turin: Lindau.
- Gilberto Govi. IMDb
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