Turi Ferro

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Turi Ferro (born January 10, 1921 in Catania , Sicily , † May 11, 2001 there ) was an Italian actor .

life and career

Turi Ferro was primarily a theater actor and earned great recognition here; In the course of his career he played in theater productions by famous directors such as Roberto Rossellini and Giorgio Strehler . Together with his wife Ida Carrara (1928–2013), with whom he remained married until his death and had three children, Ferro founded his own theater production in 1953. Five years later he was also a co-founder of the Teatro Stabile di Catania theater in his hometown of Catania. Ferro starred in many locally-based works by Sicilian authors and was widely considered the best Sicilian actor of his generation. Director Lina Wertmüller , with whom he worked on three film projects, also wrote in 2012 that Ferro was the “greatest Sicilian actor behind Angelo Musco ” (Musco, 1872–1937, is considered a Sicilian theater legend). The British The Guardian saw him in his obituary as one of the greatest Italian theater actors of the second half of the 20th century, who had played convincingly in both classics and contemporary plays.

In film and television productions, Ferro was only over 40 years old in front of the camera, here he played a mafioso in Lina Wertmüller's Mimi, offended in his honor and had one of his few main film roles in the 1974 comedy Virilità . For the role of a widowed father who wants to marry his maid in the comedy Malizia , he received the 1974 Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor . In the same year he also received the David speciale , a special prize among the David di Donatellos , which was awarded to him for his life's work and the high quality of his depictions. On television, Ferro was seen several times in mini-series on the broadcaster Rai . His last role was in 1998 in Tu Ridi , directed by Vittorio and Paolo Taviani .

At the beginning of 2000 Ferro fell on stage and could no longer walk. He died of a heart attack in May 2001 at the age of 80.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1961: Il marchese di Ruvolito (TV movie)
  • 1962: Branded (Un uomo da bruciare)
  • 1965: I knew her well (Io la conoscevo bene)
  • 1966: Melissa (TV miniseries, 6 episodes)
  • 1968: The coup of the 7 aces (Sette volte sette)
  • 1971: The case is closed: Forget it! (L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi)
  • 1972: Mimi, offended in his honor (Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore)
  • 1972: Violence - the fifth power in the state (La violenza: quinto potere)
  • 1972: Murder charges (Imputazione di omicidio per uno students)
  • 1973: Malizia
  • 1974: Virilità
  • 1978: Blood feud (Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova. Si sospettano moventi politici)
  • 1979: Ernesto
  • 1982: The Fifth Woman ( La quinta donna ; television miniseries, 3 episodes)
  • 1989: The fathers of Nardino
  • 1991: Malizia 2mila
  • 1998: Tu ridi

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ida Carrara at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 27, 2019 .
  2. ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (2003). Gli attori: AL. Gremese Editore.
  3. ↑ Lina Wertmüller (2012). Tutto a posto e niente in ordine. Mondadori. ISBN 8852030158 .
  4. ↑ John Francis Lane: Obituary: Turi Ferro . In: The Guardian . May 22, 2001, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 27, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998.
  6. ↑ John Francis Lane: Obituary: Turi Ferro . In: The Guardian . May 22, 2001, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 27, 2019]).
  7. ^ Harris M. Lentz III: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theater, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture . McFarland, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7864-5206-4 ( google.de [accessed April 27, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Ferro, Turi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Catania , Sicily
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 2001
Place of death Catania , Sicily