Ugo Tognazzi
Gender: Male
Born: 23rd March 1922
Died: 27th October 1990
Nationality: Italy
Movies: La Grande Bouffe, La Tragedia di un uomo ridicolo, La Cage aux Folles, I nuovi mostri, Amici miei Atto II, La Terrazza, The Fascist, I mostri, Barbarella, March on Rome, I complessi, Amici miei, La stanza del vescovo, Io la conoscevo bene, Il Commissario Pepe, A Question of Honour, Don't Touch The White Woman!, Non perdiamo la testa, Guardatele ma non toccatele, Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare, The Ape Woman, The Conjugal Bed, L'immorale, We Want the Colonels, L'Amore in Città, Una moglie americana, La Cage aux Folles II, The Seventh Floor, Il gatto, Beach House, La califfa, His Women, Tolerance, The Master and Margaret, Toto in the Moon, Sunday Lovers, La mazzetta, Nell'anno del Signore
Ugo Tognazzi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈuɡo toɲˈɲattsi]; 23 March 1922 - 27 October 1990) was an Italian film, TV, and theatre actor, director, and screenwriter.
Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a traveller clerk for an insurance company.
After his return in the native city in 1936, he worked in a salami production plant. In World War II, he was called to the Army, returning home after the Armistice of September 1943. His passion for spectacles and acting dates from his early years, and also during the conflict he had organized spectacles for his fellow soldiers. In 1945 he moved to Milan, where he was enrolled in the theatrical company led by Wanda Osiris. A few years later he formed his own successful musical revue company.
In 1950 Tognazzi made his debut for cinema, in I cadetti di Guascogna directed by Mario Mattoli. In the following year he met Raimondo Vianello, with whom he formed a successful comical duo for the new-born RAI TV (1954–1960). Their shows, sometimes containing satirical aspects, were also among the first ones to be censored in Italian television.
After the successful role in The Fascist
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