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He had always pressed his date of birth: “What should we do? The date is what it is, November 2.” Gigi Proietti died of serious heart problems after being hospitalized in intensive care at a Roman clinic. The family has maintained the utmost confidentiality. A rich and very long career, more than half a century on stage and on set.
Unique talent, own irony, Roman cynicism tempered in joke, discovers the theater at the university. “My parents wanted to graduate,” he says, “I was studying law, so to speak, but at night I performed. So my friend Lello, who was playing in our band, comes to see me one night and says: ‘You have to do This. ‘I realized that I really liked acting, it became my life. But for Dad it was not the right choice, he was worried and kept repeating:’ Get a role, if it rains or is windy it is safe. ‘ A true performer, who ignores music (mocks Louis Armstrong, amuses himself with Well it breaks my heart ) to Petrolini’s famous macchiette, to get to Shakespeare. The first successes of the Roman actor arrive in a basement of Prati where he plays Brecht and then with the Stabile dell’Aquila directed by Antonio Calenda, who guides him in texts from Gombrowicz and Moravia.
Gigi Proietti, actor always on stage between theater, film and TV
A brilliant, histrionic and multifaceted artist, Gigi Poietti has spent most of her life on stage throughout Italy. Superfine actor, director and singer, he has spanned decades of stage, film and television, lending his voice to stars like De Niro, Hoffman and Stallone. He started stepping on the 60s scenes, then he worked on various films, from ‘Fever da Cavallo’ to ‘Tosca’. The success in theater and cinema had been confirmed on television with the series ‘Il maresciallo Rocca’. In 2002, the return to the big screen with the sequel ‘Horse Fever – La mandrakata’, directed by Carlo Vanzina and recently was Mangiafuoco in ‘Pinocchio’ by Matteo Garrone
The big break came in 1970 when he replaced Domenico Modugno, alongside Renato Rascel, in Garinei and Giovannini’s musical Alleluja good people. Since then he has been a performer and author of great theatrical successes, among which stand out Dear Petrolini, Cyrano, The seven kings of Rome. After acting in 1974 in the play by Sem Benelli The prank dinner, together with Carmelo Bene, in 1976 he associated with the writer Roberto Lerici, together with whom he wrote and directed his programs that have remained in history, My eyes please it is a triumph. He brings him back to the stage in 1993, 1996 and 2000, “We thank God, we actors have the privilege of being able to continue our childhood games until death, which are repeated every night in the theater,” confesses Proietti. “I do not regret it, I would do everything again, even what did not go well.”
Keep filming movies, TV series. In 1996 he starred in the series of listening records Marshal Rocca in the role of a carabiniere father of four that all Italians would like to meet, but who had been there before Half child, Italian restaurant. On television he does the variety of Facts and facts a Fantastic but the theater is his life and his passion, he revives Shakespeare at the Globe Theater, he encourages young actors as he did at his famous school (where he had students Flavio Insinna, Giorgio Tirabassi and many others). A true talent, of Horse fever dubbing: voices Gatto Silvestro, paired with Loretta Goggi (who plays the canary Titti), and stars: Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Marlon Brando, Robert de Niro and Dustin Hoffman. Double Sylvester Stallone yelling “Adrianaaaaa!”, In the first Rocky. He had recently participated in the new season of Ulisse with Alberto Angela.
He didn’t wait for birthdays to take stock. “I am used to doing them every day, when important appointments arrive I run out of them. Do you know what Anna Proclemer answered to those who asked her: ‘What do you need to be an actor?’ ‘Health’. It is critical, and it must work. his head. “Three weeks ago, in a long interview, he explained to us that he was on the left.” Those on the left are still on the left, even if they never agree with what they say. “He was in love with Rome, his city, and Rome she was in love with him.
