Arnoldo Foà

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Arnoldo Eugenio Foà (born January 24, 1916 in Ferrara , † January 11, 2014 in Rome ) was an Italian theater and film actor , theater director and author .

life and career

Arnoldo Foa was born into a Jewish family in Ferrera, but later grew up in Florence , where he graduated from school. He first began to study economics, but moved to Rome at the age of 20 and studied there at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia . In 1938 he had to leave the Sperimentale because of the anti-Semitic laws of the Mussolini dictatorship . He could only work under a false name for the following years.

In his home country, Foà gained a reputation as one of the outstanding actors of the 20th century in the post-war period. He was also best known here for his long theater career, which lasted from the mid-1930s to 2007. He worked with well-known theater directors such as Luchino Visconti , Luigi Squarzina and Vittorio Gassman , but also directed plays himself and was active as a writer. In Italy he was also known as a voice actor, who lent his voice in films , among others, Anthony Quinn , Kirk Douglas , Peter Ustinov and John Wayne .

Over a period of 75 years, Foà was seen in a total of around 170 film and television productions, through which he also became internationally known. He often embodied figures of authority. In Richard Fleischer's literary and Bible adaptation Barabbas (1961) based on the novel by Pär Lagerkvist , he played Joseph of Arimathäa , in the Kafka film adaptation of Orson Welles' The Trial (1962) he was seen as the arresting inspector, and in John XXIII. - For a World in Peace (2003) he played Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani . In 2004, he won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for the film People in Rome . Foà was an actor in front of the camera until shortly before his death. He died of respiratory failure 13 days before his 98th birthday .

Filmography (selection)

Arnoldo Foà in the 1950s

Web links

Commons : Arnoldo Foà  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arnoldo Foa, Italian actor and director, dies. In: Jewish Telegraphic Agency. January 12, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2018 (American English).
  2. ↑ Süddeutsche de GmbH, Munich Germany: Italy's film and theater actor Arnoldo Foà died Kultur-News. Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 12, 2014, accessed on August 14, 2020 .
  3. ^ Arnoldo Foa, Italian actor and director, dies. In: Jewish Telegraphic Agency. January 12, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2018 (American English).
  4. ^ Addio ad Arnoldo Foà protagonista del '900 tra cinema, teatro e tv. Retrieved December 7, 2018 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Foà, Arnoldo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Foà, Arnoldo Eugenio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Ferrara
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 2014
Place of death Rome