Giovanni Grasso
Appearance
Giovanni Grasso | |
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Born | |
Died | 30 April 1963 Catania, Sicily, Italy | (aged 74)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1910-1955 |
Giovanni Grasso (11 November 1888 – 30 April 1963) was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1910 and 1955. He was born and died in Catania, Sicily, Italy.
Born into a family of marionettists, he was cousin and namesake of Giovanni Grasso, a respected stage actor specialized in the Sicilian language repertoire, so he assumed at the beginning of his career the stage name "Giovanni Grasso Junior" to stand out.[1] He was mainly active on stage, often acting together with his wife, Virginia Balestrieri.[1]
Selected filmography
- The Telephone Operator (1932)
- Sentinels of Bronze (1937)
- Under the Southern Cross (1938)
- We the Living (1942)
- Don Cesare di Bazan (1942)
- I Live as I Please (1942)
- Yes, Madam (1942)
- La porta del cielo (1945)
- Eleonora Duse (1947)
- The Great Dawn (1947)
- Welcome, Reverend! (1950)
- Fugitive in Trieste (1951)
- Easy Years (1953)
- Toto and Carolina (1955)