Luigi Almirante
Luigi Almirante (born September 30, 1886 in Tunisia , † May 5, 1963 in Rome ) was an Italian actor .
Life
Almirante is the brother of Giacomo , Mario and Ernesto and the cousin of Italia Almirante Manzini . He began his stage career at the age of fourteen under the direction of his father Nunzio . After experience with a few small touring theaters, he belonged in 1905, like his brother Mario, to the first ensemble of the “Compagnia Dannunziana” directed by Ettore Berti . Two years later he was the youthful hero of the comedy troupe of Giuseppe Sichel , Dina Galli , Amerigo Guasti , Stanislao Ciarli and Bracci; from 1909 he played in the "Compagnia del Grand Guignol". In 1912 he signed with the Stabile del Teatro Argentina in Rome, where he again worked under Ettore Berti, and in the following year he was one of the “Grandi Spettacoli” staged by Gualtiero Tumiati ; engagements with the “Compagnia Futurista” and the “Compagnia delle Autori” under Silvio Zambaldi followed ; finally he was with Emma Gramatica , Luigi Carini and Ugo Piperno until the end of 1915 . With the latter he was on tour alongside Lyda Borelli when the First World War made further appearances impossible.
After the end of the war, Almirante played for Antonio Gandusio , from 1921 Dario Niccodemi brought him for his drama troupe . In 1925 Almirante was able to put together his own ensemble; it was on the road with Cousine Italia for three years. Further stations were Checco Rissone and Sergio Tofano , then - from 1931 - Andreina Pagnani and Nino Besozzi . Almirante was able to choose the best offers almost every year and in the 1930s also worked at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica and the “Compagnia della Commedia”.
After a silent film directed by his brother Mario from 1927, Almirante appeared regularly as a supporting and character actor for the cinema from 1933; his interpretations as a tramp in Darò un milione (1935), as a court jester in Lucrezia Borgia (1940) and as an aging intriguer in Alessandro, be grande! from that year. He was widely praised for his murdered priest for Il has prete (1944). After the Second World War he continued his career on the stage and for the film, but on a much more limited scale until he had to end his career in 1952 due to a nervous problem.
Almirante married Ebe Brigliadori in 1928.
Filmography (selection)
- 1927: La bellezza del mondo
- 1933: O la borsa o lavita
- 1935: Darò un milione
- 1940: Lucrezia Borgia
- 1940: Alessandro, be grande!
- 1944: Il has the prete
Web links
- Luigi Almirante in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Luigi Almirante at mymovies (Italian)
- Detailed biography at treccani (with wrong date of death, Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese 1998, pp. 14/15
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Almirante, Luigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tunisia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5th 1963 |
| Place of death | Rome |