Franco Fabrizi

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Gender: Male
Born: 15th February 1926
Died: 18th October 1995
Nationality: Italy
Movies: Cronaca di un amore, A Difficult Life, Un maledetto imbroglio, Le amiche, The Little Devil, La Donna del Giorno, Io la conoscevo bene, A Question of Honour, Calabuch, I Vitelloni, Duel of the Champions, Signore & Signori, Madigan's Millions, Death in Venice, Ginger and Fred, Il bidone, The Maniacs, The Barbarians, The Italian Connection, Woman of Rome

Franco Fabrizi (Cortemaggiore, 15 February 1926 – Cortemaggiore, 18 October 1995) was an Italian actor.

Son of a barber and a cinema cashier, he was a soap opera photo actor, for example, the fotoromanzo Arizona Kid, in the newspaper Avventuroso Film. When he was 24 years old, with a few experiences in cinema, has got a small important role in Chronicle of a Love (Cronaca di un amore) (1950), Michelangelo Antonioni's long film debut.

Federico Fellini offered him the starring role in I vitelloni. In Italy, he was considered the Cary Grant all'italiana. Fabrizi died of a tumor in 1995.

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