Vittorio Gassman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

157

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

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

  • Rhapsody

    Rhapsody

  • Sleepers

    Sleepers

  • War and Peace

    War and Peace

  • 1001 Nights

    1001 Nights

  • Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

    Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

  • Il turno

    Il turno

  • Il successo

    Il successo

  • Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

    Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

  • The Eye of the Needle

    The Eye of the Needle

  • The Long Winter

    The Long Winter

  • Abraham

    Abraham

  • La cambiale

    La cambiale

  • The Dinner

    The Dinner

  • A Wedding

    A Wedding

  • The Desert of the Tartars

    The Desert of the Tartars

  • Kean - Genio e sregolatezza

    Kean - Genio e sregolatezza

  • The Great War

    The Great War

  • Amleto

    Amleto

  • I'll Be Going Now

    I'll Be Going Now

  • The Audience

    The Audience

  • Let's Have a Riot

    Let's Have a Riot

  • Big Deal on Madonna Street

    Big Deal on Madonna Street

  • The Mysterious Rider

    The Mysterious Rider

  • Sex Can Be Difficult

    Sex Can Be Difficult

  • Barabbas

    Barabbas

  • To Be Hamlet

    To Be Hamlet

  • Alibi

    Alibi

  • The Monsters

    The Monsters

  • I'm Photogenic

    I'm Photogenic

  • Ghosts of Rome

    Ghosts of Rome

  • The Outlaws

    The Outlaws

  • Quando eravamo repressi

    Quando eravamo repressi

  • The Glass Wall

    The Glass Wall

  • The Archangel

    The Archangel

  • One Million Dollars

    One Million Dollars

  • The Tiger and the Pussycat

    The Tiger and the Pussycat

  • Tempest

    Tempest

  • The Palermo Connection

    The Palermo Connection

  • Lo sparviero del Nilo

    Lo sparviero del Nilo

  • La Tosca

    La Tosca

  • Les 1001 Nuits (Version intégrale)

    Les 1001 Nuits (Version intégrale)

  • Girls Marked Danger

    Girls Marked Danger

  • Streets of Sorrow

    Streets of Sorrow

  • Fiasco in Milan

    Fiasco in Milan

  • The Miracle

    The Miracle

  • Il Sorpasso

    Il Sorpasso

  • Tempest

    Tempest

  • Twelve Plus One

    Twelve Plus One

  • Mortacci

    Mortacci

  • Sharky's Machine

    Sharky's Machine

  • I Knew Her Well

    I Knew Her Well

  • Mambo

    Mambo

  • Sombrero

    Sombrero

  • The Prophet

    The Prophet

  • The Devil in Love

    The Devil in Love

  • Beautiful But Dangerous

    Beautiful But Dangerous

  • Bitter Rice

    Bitter Rice

  • Anna

    Anna

  • L'altro enigma

    L'altro enigma

  • Woman Times Seven

    Woman Times Seven

  • The Terrace

    The Terrace

  • The Family

    The Family

  • Close Up

    Close Up

  • Power Of Evil

    Power Of Evil

  • For Love and Gold

    For Love and Gold

  • We All Loved Each Other So Much

    We All Loved Each Other So Much

  • The Career of a Chambermaid

    The Career of a Chambermaid

  • The Black Sheep

    The Black Sheep

  • Abraham

    Abraham

  • La bomba

    La bomba

  • Dark Soul

    Dark Soul

  • Black Crown

    Black Crown

  • Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian

    Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian

  • Where Are You Going All Naked?

    Where Are You Going All Naked?

  • The Apple of My Eye

    The Apple of My Eye

  • Snow Job

    Snow Job

  • The Love Specialist

    The Love Specialist

  • Without Family

    Without Family

  • Benvenuta

    Benvenuta

  • Count Tacchia

    Count Tacchia

  • Love and Larceny

    Love and Larceny

  • Hotel Room

    Hotel Room

  • Two Pieces of Bread

    Two Pieces of Bread

  • Pleasant Nights

    Pleasant Nights

  • Cinecittà Cinecittà

    Cinecittà Cinecittà

  • Let's Talk About Women

    Let's Talk About Women

  • I picari

    I picari

  • We Are Cinema

    We Are Cinema

  • Brancaleone at the Crusades

    Brancaleone at the Crusades

  • Catch As Catch Can

    Catch As Catch Can

  • Còmics

    Còmics

  • Lure of the Sila

    Lure of the Sila

  • The Sleazy Uncle

    The Sleazy Uncle

  • Midnight Pleasures

    Midnight Pleasures

  • Il gaucho

    Il gaucho

  • Life Is a Bed of Roses

    Life Is a Bed of Roses

  • Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

    Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

  • The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

  • The Dirty Game

    The Dirty Game

  • Desert of Fire

    Desert of Fire

  • Trintignant by Trintignant

    Trintignant by Trintignant

  • Scent of a Woman

    Scent of a Woman

  • A Difficult Life

    A Difficult Life

  • Rossini! Rossini!

    Rossini! Rossini!

  • Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

    Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

  • The Nude Bomb

    The Nude Bomb

  • L'ebreo errante

    L'ebreo errante

  • Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

    Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

  • Desert of Fire

    Desert of Fire

  • Edipo Re

    Edipo Re

  • Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

    Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

  • The Adventures of Pinocchio

    The Adventures of Pinocchio

  • Cry of the Hunted

    Cry of the Hunted

  • Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later

    Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later

  • Daniele Cortis

    Daniele Cortis

  • Summer Frenzy

    Summer Frenzy

  • In the Name of the Italian People

    In the Name of the Italian People

  • Preludio d'amore

    Preludio d'amore

  • Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

    Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

  • The Violent Patriot

    The Violent Patriot

  • Di padre in figlio

    Di padre in figlio

  • The Amusements of Private Life

    The Amusements of Private Life

  • March on Rome

    March on Rome

  • ...And Suddenly It's Murder!

    ...And Suddenly It's Murder!

  • Babau

    Babau

  • The Dream of Zorro

    The Dream of Zorro

  • The New Monsters

    The New Monsters

  • A Maiden for the Prince

    A Maiden for the Prince

  • E il Casanova di Fellini?

    E il Casanova di Fellini?

  • Monicelli: La versione di Mario

    Monicelli: La versione di Mario

  • Seduction Of The South

    Seduction Of The South

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

    What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?

  • The Captain's Daughter

    The Captain's Daughter

  • Defend My Love

    Defend My Love

  • Il divorzio

    Il divorzio

  • Ghosts, Italian Style

    Ghosts, Italian Style

  • Once a Year, Every Year

    Once a Year, Every Year

  • Lost Soul

    Lost Soul

  • Pure as a Lily

    Pure as a Lily

  • Dear Father

    Dear Father

  • Double Cross

    Double Cross

  • Scipio the African

    Scipio the African

  • Quintet

    Quintet

  • Luchino Visconti

    Luchino Visconti

  • Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant

    Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant

  • Il leone di Amalfi

    Il leone di Amalfi

  • Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne

    Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne

  • Incontro con Laura

    Incontro con Laura

  • The Man with the Flower in His Mouth

    The Man with the Flower in His Mouth