Alberto Sordi

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Alberto Sordi, 1962.

Alberto Sordi (born June 15, 1920 in Rome , † February 24, 2003 ibid) was an Italian film, television and theater actor as well as director , screenwriter and voice actor .

Life

As a child of a musical family - his father was a music professor - Sordi started with the theater in elementary school, initially with the production of puppet pieces. He also sang in the choir of the Sistine Chapel. He had to give up the Milan drama academy after a short time due to his Roman dialect.

Back in Rome, Sordi began working as an extra in Cinecittà in 1937 and soon became voice actor for Oliver Hardy , Robert Mitchum and Anthony Quinn . He also worked at the theater and as a radio play speaker.

Sordi mainly appeared in comic roles. He became famous for his collaboration with Federico Fellini , in whose films Die Bittere Liebe (1952), Die Loafers (1953) he played leading roles. He was successful with the role of Amedeo, who was looking for extramarital love adventures, in Gian Luigi Polidoro's comedy Amore in Stockholm , which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Actor . This was followed by the role of the wealthy break pilot Count Emilio Ponticelli in the English-language production The daredevil men in their flying boxes (1965).

Sordi appeared as an actor in over 150 film and television productions. At the 1995 Venice Film Festival he was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. After his death at the age of 82, the popular actor's coffin was laid out in Rome's City Hall.

The Galleria Alberto Sordi in Rome bears his name.

Filmography (selection)

actor

Director

  • 1966: Fumo di Londra
  • 1969: Amore mio (Amore mio aiutami)
  • 1980: Me and Katharina (Io e Caterina)
  • 1982: I know that you know that I know (Io so che tu sai che io so)
  • 1984: Off to jail (Tutti dentro)

Awards (selection)

  • 1954: Nastro d'Argento for The Idlers (Best Supporting Actor)
  • 1956: Nastro d'Argento for The Joys of Bachelors (Best Actor)
  • 1960: David di Donatello for Man Called It the Great War (best actor)
  • 1960: Nastro d'Argento for Man Called It The Great War (Best Actor)
  • 1961: David di Donatello for The Way Back (best actor)
  • 1964: Golden Globe Award for Amore in Stockholm ( Best Comedy Actor )
  • 1966: David di Donatello for Fumo di Londra (best actor)
  • 1969: David di Donatello for Il medico della mutua (best actor)
  • 1969: Globo D'Oro for Il medico della mutua (best actor)
  • 1972: Silver Bear of the Berlin International Film Festival for pre-trial detention ( best actor )
  • 1972: David di Donatello for pre-trial detention (best actor)
  • 1973: David di Donatello for Devilish Game (best actor)
  • 1977: Nastro d'Argento for Un borghese piccolo piccolo (Best Actor)
  • 1982: Globo D'Oro for me and Katharina (best actor)
  • 1983: Globo D'Oro for The Cheeky Pranks of the Marchese del Grillo (Best Actor)
  • 1983: Special prize of the jury of the Moscow International Film Festival for The Secrets of My Wife ("For the contribution to the cinema")
  • 1990: David di Donatello (honorary award for his life's work)
  • 1994: David di Donatello (honorary award for his life's work)
  • 1999: David di Donatello (honorary award for his life's work)
  • 2003: Nastro d'Argento (Postum Special Prize)

Web links

Commons : Alberto Sordi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Al Verano a spasso nella storia del cinema con la guida tra le tombe di attori e registi | Roma la Repubblica.it (photo of the tombstone). Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ The saint of the pizzeria: On the death of the actor Alberto Sordi . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , February 26, 2003, No. 48, p. 34.
personal data
SURNAME Sordi, Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Italy
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2003
Place of death Rome , Italy