Nino Manfredi

At 83 years old, Nino Manfredi has this physical status:

Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi (22 March 1921 – 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, writer, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, writer, and television presenter.

He was one of the most well-known Italian actors in the commedia all'italiana style. During his career, he received numerous accolades, including six David di Donatello awards, six Nastro d'Argento awards, and the Prix de la première oeuvre (Best First Work Award) at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for Between Miracles. He was described as "one of Italy's few truly complete actors" by playing losers, marginalized, working-class characters, and underlying hope.

Personal life

Manfredi was married to Erminia Ferrari from 1955 to his death. The couple's son, Luca (who is a film and television producer), and two children, Roberta (an actor, television presenter, and producer) and Giovanna were among their two children. Tonina, a Bulgarian girl, was his second daughter.

Manfredi suffered from a biliary disorder that forced him to a strict diet, and his meals were often consisted of only light tea or caffè d'orzo from an early age. He was an atheist. He was nominated as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in 1991, and he has been involved in volunteering.

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Life and career

Manfredi was born in Castro dei Volsci, Frosinone, to a poor family of farmers. In the early 1930s, his father was recruited into Public Safety, where he rose to the rank of Maresciallo, and where Nino and his younger brother Dante spent their childhood in San Giovanni, Italy's posh neighborhood. He became seriously ill with bilateral pleurisy in 1937, and after a doctor gave him only three months to live, he stayed for several years in a hospitalization; there, he learned to play a banjo made by himself and joined the hospital's musical band. He enrolled at the University of Law in October 1941 to please his family, but in the same year, he demonstrated an inclination and a natural attraction for the stage, making his debut as a host and actor in the Teatre of a parish in Rome.

He returned to Rome in 1944 and enrolled at the National Academy of Dramatic Art in order to prevent conscription. He graduated from the academy in 1945 with a doctorate in criminal justice, but never really practicing the field, and in June 1947, he graduated from the academy.

Manfredi made his official stage debut in 1947, appearing in Luigi Squarzina and Vito Pandolfi's productions. He joined the Maltagliati-Gassman stage company the same year, mainly in dramatic roles. He joined the Piccolo Teatro di Milano under Giorgio Strehler in 1948, appearing in tragedies such as Romeo and Juliet and The Storm. He began appearing on radio as a comedian and impersonator in the same year. He made his film debut in 1949 with the melodrama Monastero di Santa Chiara. He and Eduardo De Filippo were together in Tre atti unici in 1952, as well as Tino Buazzelli, Paolo Panelli, and Bice Valori. He joined the Nava sisters' revue company and began working as both a voice actor and a dubber in the same year. In 1955, he appeared in his first high-profile films, The Bachelor by Antonio Pietrangeli and Wild Love by Mauro Bolognini.

Manfredi made his first film appearances as the principal actor in 1958. He formed Delia Scala and Paolo Panelli's revue company in the same year as the musical Untrapezio per Lisistrata. The trio was taken by RAI to Canzonissima in 1959, and the show marked a turning point in Manfredi's career, mainly due to the "macchietta" (i.e. The "Barman from Ceccano" has a comedic caricature. Following his success, he was offered a deal with Dino De Laurentiis, but after one year, he resigned to be able to choose his favorite projects.

Manfredi had a great success in 1962 when he appeared in the stage musical Rugantino, with which he appeared in Canada, the United States, and Argentina. In the anthology film Of Wayward Love, he produced the critically acclaimed segment "L'avventura di un soldato" earlier this year.

Manfredi made a name for himself in some of the most influential and critically acclaimed films in the Commedia all'italiana series, many starring Dino Risi. He began a fruitful relationship with director Luigi Magni in 1969, with Nell'anno del Signore. He began contributing, often uncredited, to his films' screenplays.

With the Ettore Petrolini's "Tote cantà," he had a big musical success in 1970; the album premiered, out of competition, and it reached third place on the Italian hit parade. He made his feature film debut with the semi-autobiographical Between Miracles in 1971, earning almost unanimous critical acclaim, including Best First Feature, two Gold Ribbons (for best screenplay and best original story) and a special David di Donatello. In 1972, he made a big television comeback in Geppetto's Luigi Comencini's adaptation The Adventures of Pinocchio. He continued to perform in the 1970s and early 1980s, shifting between high-profile artists and less popular comedies; among the best shows of the period, We All Loved Each Other (1974), the old shanty town patriarch of Down and Dirty (1977), the violent coffee-seller in Café Express (1980).

Manfredi slowed his cinema career in the 1980s after his last film as director (Portrait of a Woman, Nude) and two commercial hit films starred Renato Pozzetto (Heads I Win, Tails You Lose, and Questo e Quello).

He debuted as author in 1983 with the book Prose romanesche, while in 1984, he began writing as playwright and stage director (Viva gli sposi), an area in which he became increasingly concentrated. He received a David di Donatello career award in 1990. He resigned from being first accepted to run in the Pannella List in 1992 to not give up his artistic ambitions. He died of hypoxia in 1993, a result of his memory functions. Starting from Uncomsario a Roma's fame, many people have been revived thanks to a string of popular RAI TV-series and miniseries, including Linda e il brigadiere.

In Miguel Hermoso's Spanish drama film The End of a Mysterious, Manfredi's last role was Galapago, an almost blind stranger with no memory. He was struck by a cerebral infarction in his home in Rome on July 7, 2003, a few months after the film's release. He received a Career Bianchi Prize at the Venice Film Festival in August. An improvement in September enabled him to return home, but a new cerebral hemorrhage halted him in December. He died on June 4, 2004, after six months of continuous change of changes and deterioration, aged eighty-three years old.

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