Nino Manfredi

Nino Manfredi
OMRI
Manfredi in 1990
Born
Saturnino Manfredi

(1921-03-22)22 March 1921
Castro dei Volsci, Kingdom of Italy
Died4 June 2004(2004-06-04) (aged 83)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • comedian
  • singer
Years active1949–2004
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse
Erminia Ferrari
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(m. 1955)​
Children4, including Luca and Roberta
Alberto Sordi and Manfredi in Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)

Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi (22 March 1921 – 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter.

He was one of the most prominent Italian actors in the commedia all'italiana genre. During his career he won several awards, 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.[1] Typically playing losers, marginalised, working-class characters yet "in possession of their dignity, morality, and underlying optimism",[2] he was referred to as "one of the few truly complete actors in Italian cinema".[2]

  1. ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
  2. ^ a b Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del Cinema Italiano: Gli Attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.