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Gabriele Ferzetti

Born
Mar 17, 1925 · Aged 90
Died
Dec 2, 2015
Place of birth
Rome, Italy
Gender
Male
Movie credits
141
TV credits
12
Also known as (6)
  • Pasquale Ferzetti
  • Gabriel Ferzetti
  • Gaetano Ferzetti
  • Габриэле Ферцетти
  • Габриеле Ферцетти
  • 加布里埃尔·费尔泽蒂

Biography

Gabriele Ferzetti (born Pasquale Ferzetti; 17 March 1925 – 2 December 2015) was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film, television, and stage. His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. Ferzetti's first leading role was in the film Lo Zappatore (1950). He portrayed Puccini twice in the films Puccini (1953) and Casa Ricordi (1954). He made his international breakthrough in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial L'Avventura (1960) as a restless playboy. After a series of romantic performances, he acquired a reputation in Italy as an elegant, debonair, and somewhat…