Almirante (family)

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The Almirante family is an Italian family of actors known since the first half of the 19th century . The first representatives of this family of artists were the theater troupe director Pasquale Almirante, born in Capua in 1799, and his wife Elisabetta Quintavalle. They had five children who carried on the theater tradition.

Genealogical representation of the members

  1. Pasquale Almirante (* 1799 in Capua , † 1863 in Sant'Angelo), actor and theater troupe leader; ∞ Elisabetta Quintavalle
    1. Antonio Almirante, actor and theater group leader
    2. Nunzio Almirante (* 1837 in Collesano , Palermo, † 1906 in Aquila), “attore brillante”, took over his father's theater company after his father's death
      1. Ernesto Almirante (born September 24, 1877 in Mistretta , † December 13, 1964 in Bologna ), theater and film actor
      2. Giacomo Almirante (born September 12, 1875 in Palermo , † January 12, 1944 in Rome ), actor
      3. Luigi Almirante (born September 30, 1886 in Tunisia, † May 5, 1963 in Rome), actor, gave the father in Pirandello's first performance of Six People Looking for an Author in 1921
      4. Mario Almirante (born February 18, 1890 in Molfetta , † September 30, 1964 in Rome), actor and director of the silent film era
        1. Giorgio Almirante (born June 27, 1914 in Salsomaggiore Terme near Parma , † May 22, 1988 in Rome), neo-fascist politician
    3. Michele Almirante
      1. Italia Almirante Manzini (born June 3, 1890 in Taranto , † September 15, 1941 in São Paulo , Brazil), silent film diva
    4. Pietro Almirante
    5. Giuseppina Almirante Garzes (* 1826, † 1865 in Crotone ), first actress in her brother's company; ∞ Luigi Garzes (* 1825 in Rome; † unknown), actor

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