Vittorio Gassman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

159

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-09-01

Day of death

2000-06-29 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Vittorio Gassman

Biography

Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro. It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians. In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre. On 29 June 2000, Gassman died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Rome at the age of 77. He was buried at Campo Verano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Gassman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • The Miracle

    The Miracle

  • Rhapsody

    Rhapsody

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • Anna

    Anna

  • Mambo

    Mambo

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • The Outlaws

    The Outlaws

  • The Monsters

    The Monsters

  • Big Deal on Madonna Street

    Big Deal on Madonna Street

  • Benvenuta

    Benvenuta

  • Edipo Re

    Edipo Re

  • Quando eravamo repressi

    Quando eravamo repressi

  • Il gaucho

    Il gaucho

  • Sleepers

    Sleepers

  • ...And Suddenly It's Murder!

    ...And Suddenly It's Murder!

  • La bomba

    La bomba

  • Pleasant Nights

    Pleasant Nights

  • Rossini! Rossini!

    Rossini! Rossini!

  • The Sleazy Uncle

    The Sleazy Uncle

  • The Palermo Connection

    The Palermo Connection

  • Let's Have a Riot

    Let's Have a Riot

  • Bitter Rice

    Bitter Rice

  • For Love and Gold

    For Love and Gold

  • Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

  • Twelve Plus One

    Twelve Plus One

  • Hotel Room

    Hotel Room

  • L'altro enigma

    L'altro enigma

  • Il Sorpasso

    Il Sorpasso

  • Scent of a Woman

    Scent of a Woman

  • Preludio d'amore

    Preludio d'amore

  • Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later

    Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later

  • Daniele Cortis

    Daniele Cortis

  • Cry of the Hunted

    Cry of the Hunted

  • The Devil in Love

    The Devil in Love

  • Sharky's Machine

    Sharky's Machine

  • Dear Father

    Dear Father

  • I picari

    I picari

  • Brancaleone at the Crusades

    Brancaleone at the Crusades

  • Amleto

    Amleto

  • Summer Frenzy

    Summer Frenzy

  • Woman Times Seven

    Woman Times Seven

  • War and Peace

    War and Peace

  • Trintignant by Trintignant

    Trintignant by Trintignant

  • 1001 Nights

    1001 Nights

  • The New Monsters

    The New Monsters

  • Without Family

    Without Family

  • Seduction Of The South

    Seduction Of The South

  • The Dirty Game

    The Dirty Game

  • The Archangel

    The Archangel

  • L'ebreo errante

    L'ebreo errante

  • Dark Soul

    Dark Soul

  • Ghosts, Italian Style

    Ghosts, Italian Style

  • The Amusements of Private Life

    The Amusements of Private Life

  • To Be Hamlet

    To Be Hamlet

  • Double Cross

    Double Cross

  • Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

    Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Barabbas

    Barabbas

  • Snow Job

    Snow Job

  • We All Loved Each Other So Much

    We All Loved Each Other So Much

  • Abraham

    Abraham

  • A Wedding

    A Wedding

  • In the Name of the Italian People

    In the Name of the Italian People

  • Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

    Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

  • The Nude Bomb

    The Nude Bomb

  • The Great War

    The Great War

  • The Audience

    The Audience

  • Còmics

    Còmics

  • Abraham

    Abraham

  • The Terrace

    The Terrace

  • A Difficult Life

    A Difficult Life

  • Fiasco in Milan

    Fiasco in Milan

  • Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant

    Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant

  • Love and Larceny

    Love and Larceny

  • Close Up

    Close Up

  • Tempest

    Tempest

  • I Knew Her Well

    I Knew Her Well

  • The Desert of the Tartars

    The Desert of the Tartars

  • Desert of Fire

    Desert of Fire

  • The Tiger and the Pussycat

    The Tiger and the Pussycat

  • The Career of a Chambermaid

    The Career of a Chambermaid

  • The Dinner

    The Dinner

  • Il successo

    Il successo

  • Mortacci

    Mortacci

  • We Are Cinema

    We Are Cinema

  • Cinecittà Cinecittà

    Cinecittà Cinecittà

  • La cambiale

    La cambiale

  • The Love Specialist

    The Love Specialist

  • I'm Photogenic

    I'm Photogenic

  • Catch As Catch Can

    Catch As Catch Can

  • One Million Dollars

    One Million Dollars

  • Beautiful But Dangerous

    Beautiful But Dangerous

  • Midnight Pleasures

    Midnight Pleasures

  • The Dream of Zorro

    The Dream of Zorro

  • The Family

    The Family

  • The Violent Patriot

    The Violent Patriot

  • Girls Marked Danger

    Girls Marked Danger

  • Lost Soul

    Lost Soul

  • The Prophet

    The Prophet

  • Lure of the Sila

    Lure of the Sila

  • Count Tacchia

    Count Tacchia

  • March on Rome

    March on Rome

  • Life Is a Bed of Roses

    Life Is a Bed of Roses

  • Let's Talk About Women

    Let's Talk About Women

  • Scipio the African

    Scipio the African

  • Quintet

    Quintet

  • Sex Can Be Difficult

    Sex Can Be Difficult

  • The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

  • The Glass Wall

    The Glass Wall

  • Pure as a Lily

    Pure as a Lily

  • Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

    Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

  • La Tosca

    La Tosca

  • Il divorzio

    Il divorzio

  • Il turno

    Il turno

  • Les 1001 Nuits (Version intégrale)

    Les 1001 Nuits (Version intégrale)

  • Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian

    Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian

  • Tempest

    Tempest

  • Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

    Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

  • Babau

    Babau

  • Defend My Love

    Defend My Love

  • Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

    Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

  • Where Are You Going All Naked?

    Where Are You Going All Naked?

  • Desert of Fire

    Desert of Fire

  • The Black Sheep

    The Black Sheep

  • Monicelli: La versione di Mario

    Monicelli: La versione di Mario

  • The Adventures of Pinocchio

    The Adventures of Pinocchio

  • Luchino Visconti

    Luchino Visconti

  • Once a Year, Every Year

    Once a Year, Every Year

  • Incontro con Laura

    Incontro con Laura

  • The Captain's Daughter

    The Captain's Daughter

  • Ghosts of Rome

    Ghosts of Rome

  • Deneuve, la reine Catherine

    Deneuve, la reine Catherine

  • Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

    Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

  • Alibi

    Alibi

  • What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?

    What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?

  • The Eye of the Needle

    The Eye of the Needle

  • Di padre in figlio

    Di padre in figlio

  • A Maiden for the Prince

    A Maiden for the Prince

  • The Apple of My Eye

    The Apple of My Eye

  • The Mysterious Rider

    The Mysterious Rider

  • The Long Winter

    The Long Winter

  • Sombrero

    Sombrero

  • I'll Be Going Now

    I'll Be Going Now

  • E il Casanova di Fellini?

    E il Casanova di Fellini?

  • Kean - Genio e sregolatezza

    Kean - Genio e sregolatezza

  • Black Crown

    Black Crown

  • Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

    Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

  • Power Of Evil

    Power Of Evil

  • Two Pieces of Bread

    Two Pieces of Bread

  • Streets of Sorrow

    Streets of Sorrow

  • Lo sparviero del Nilo

    Lo sparviero del Nilo

  • Il leone di Amalfi

    Il leone di Amalfi

  • André Delvaux directs Benvenuta

    André Delvaux directs Benvenuta

  • The Man with the Flower in His Mouth

    The Man with the Flower in His Mouth

  • Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne

    Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne