Paolo Stoppa
Paolo Stoppa (born June 16, 1906 in Rome , Italy , † May 1, 1988 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian actor .
Life
Stoppa completed a classical actor training and appeared on stage from 1927. He became one of the most famous and successful character actors of his generation in Italy. From 1932, Stoppa also appeared in movies. There he was often cast for rogue roles. With the director Luchino Visconti he continued the collaboration he had already begun in his stage work in several films. He played a power-hungry mayor in Visconti's The Leopard from 1963. Vittorio de Sica also secured his collaboration for several of his films, for example for The Miracle of Milan . Directed by Sergio Leone , he played a coachman in Play Me a Song of Death in 1968 . His list of works includes almost 170 titles.
Since the beginning of his career, Stoppa was also active as a voice actor; in the 1970s he played increasingly for television.
During his first time at the Teatro Eliseo in Rome, which lasted from 1938 to 1940, he met his future wife, the actress Rina Morelli . After her death in 1976 he concentrated almost exclusively on the stage again.
Stoppa was awarded the Italian film prize Nastro d'Argento in 1982 for his role in The maddened pranks of the Marchese del Grillo .
Filmography (selection)
- 1935: Lorenzino de 'Medici
- 1941: Princess Cinderella (Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura)
- 1944: Foolish Quartet (Quartetto pazzo)
- 1949: Monk and Musketeer (Il figlio di d'Artagnan)
- 1950: The Miracle of Milan (Miracolo a Milano)
- 1950: The pact with the devil (La Beauté du diable)
- 1950: land of longing
- 1950: The thief of Venice (Il ladro di Venezia)
- 1951: Woman for one night (Moglie per una notte)
- 1952: The Song of Treason (Processo alla città)
- 1952: It happened point 11 (Roma ore 11)
- 1952: The beauties of the night (Les Belles de nuit)
- 1952: Men without tears (La voce del silenzio)
- 1953: Don Camillo's return (Le Retour de Don Camillo)
- 1953: Rome, Termini Station (Stazione Termini)
- 1953: The Heroes of Sunday (Gli eroi della domenica)
- 1953: A Woman's Love (L'Amour d'une femme)
- 1953: The sun in your eyes (Il sole negli occhi)
- 1953: It's never too late (Non è mai troppo tardi)
- 1953: Puccini - darling of women (Puccini)
- 1953: The meat is weak (Bufere)
- 1954: The Gold of Naples (L'oro di Napoli)
- 1954: Casa Ricordi
- 1954: love, women and soldiers (Destinées)
- 1954: Your is my heart - Schubert's great love (Sinfonia d'amore)
- 1954: Carousel Naples (Carosello napoletano)
- 1954: Seven Sweet Sins (J'avais sept filles)
- 1955: A woman for weak hours (La bella mugnaia)
- 1955: Father, we want to get married (Ragazze d'oggi)
- 1956: The mink coat (Una pelliccia di visone)
- 1960: It was night in Rome (Era notte a Roma)
- 1960: Carthage in flames (Cartagine in fiamme)
- 1960: Rocco and his brothers (Rocco ei suoi fratelli)
- 1960: Viva l'Italia
- 1960: When life beckons (La giornata balorda)
- 1961: The Threat (La menace)
- 1961: Hold the bomb, darling (Che gioia vivere)
- 1961: The Last Judgment does not take place (Il giudizio universale)
- 1961: The Fearless Rebel (Vanina Vanini)
- 1961: Horace 62
- 1962: The Leopard (Il Gattopardo)
- 1963: Becket
- 1963: Your time is up (Behold a Pale Horse)
- 1963: The visit (La visita)
- 1964: I was a male sex bomb (Un monsieur de compagnie)
- 1965: chase the fox! (Caccia alla volpe)
- 1968: Play me the song of death (C'era una volta il West)
- 1970: The Countess and Her Colonel (The Adventures of Gerard)
- 1971: Big one, let the scraps fly (Er piu (Storia d'amore e di coltello))
- 1977: Beach Whispers (Casotto)
- 1981: The maddened pranks of the Marchese del Grillo (Il marchese del Grillo)
- 1982: Your neighbor's son (Din nabos son)
Web links
- Paolo Stoppa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 521.
- ↑ Stoppa at mymovies
- ^ 1982 list of awards
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Stoppa, Paolo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1906 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1988 |
Place of death | Rome , Italy |