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Jay Mohr, born in Verona, New Jersey, USA, wanted to be a comedian all of his life. He performed stand-up comedy at colleges, comedy clubs, and such television forums as An Evening at the Improv (1981) and Two Drink Minimum (1994). He first gained national attention while a cast member on Saturday Night Live (1975), where he became known for his impersonations of such people as Sean Penn and Christopher Walken.- Valentina Bellè was born on 16 April 1992 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Ferrari (2023), Love Gets a Room (2021) and The Good Mothers (2023).
- Matteo Martari was born in Verona. At the age of 21 moved to Milan, where he began working as a model while studying drama at Scuola di teatro Quelli di Grock.
In 2015 he made his film debut in The Complexity of Happiness (2015) directed by Gianni Zanasi. In the same year debuted on TV in Thou Shalt Not Kill (2015) as the police officer Andrea Russo.
In the following years he participated in several productions such as Medici (2016), Non mentire (2019), I bastardi di Pizzofalcone (2017) and as the protagonist in L'alligatore (2020) and Cuori (2021).
His movie career includes Godard Mon Amour (2017) directed by Michel Hazanavicius, Fabrizio De André: Principe libero (2018), The Goddess of Fortune (2019) and Four to Dinner (2022). - Actor
- Stunts
From 1955, Fabio Testi's home town Peschiera del Garda was also home to Bertolazzi Film, a motion picture studio which specialised in the production of colourful pirate movies. Lake Garda was merrily used as the ersatz Caribbean. At Bertolazzi, young Fabio began his career first as an extra, then as a stunt man and body double. As a stunt man, he appeared in the classic westerns The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and (as one of Henry Fonda's minions in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). He started getting small film roles from 1967 and this helped to finance his architectural studies at the Antòn Maria Lorgna Institute in Verona. After graduating, Testa did not became a surveyor as originally planned, but made commercials for Coca Cola and proceeded to further studies at Verona's Academy of Fine Arts to improve his acting. For several years, he appeared in genre films, often lesser spaghetti westerns like One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! (1970). As a bona fide action hero, his athletic prowess and imposing physique became a definite asset. Nonetheless, still dissatisfied with the roles he was getting, Testi attended diction classes in Cambridge to improve his English and went to London for acting lessons.
Upon his return to Italy, he finally made his breakthrough after being picked by Vittorio De Sica for the role of the ill-fated Giampiero in the Oscar-winning historical drama The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970). In the wake of the picture's success, Testi has alternated between performing in art films by directors like Claude Chabrol and Denys de La Patellière, and genre films of the giallo (What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)) or poliziotteschi/crime variety (Camorra (1972), Revolver (1973), I guappi (1974)). Over the years he has acted alongside international stars like Oliver Reed, Anthony Quinn, Robert Mitchum (in The Ambassador (1984)), Eli Wallach and David Hemmings. By the mid-1980's, Testi was seen more often in television productions. In the 90's, he also turned his attention towards the theatre with a role in a stage adaptation of Federico Fellini's The Road (1954).
Though still very active on the screen, Testi has had the time to sideline as a kiwi farmer, an enterprise which grew from a hobby into a lucrative business (Italy, as a result, becoming Europe's first producer of kiwi fruit). In 2006, Testi ran for political office as Mayor of Verona, representing the conservative Cattolici Liberali Cristiani.
As an unapologetically self-confessed Latin lover type, Testi has made headlines in the press (particularly the Italian gossip press) not only for the work in his chosen profession, but also for a series of well publicized romantic entanglements with actresses Ursula Andress, Edwige Fenech, Jean Seberg and Charlotte Rampling. He was married to the Spanish fashion designer and make-up artist Lola Navarro from 1984 to 1996. His second wife has been art gallery curator Antonella Liguori.- Eugenio Franceschini was born on 19 September 1991 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor, known for Sapore di te (2014), Maldamore (2014) and Medici (2016).
- Actress
- Producer
Eva Grimaldi was born on 7 September 1961 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Intimacy (1988), A mia immagine (2023) and Forever (1991). She has been married to Immacolata Battaglia since 19 May 2019. She was previously married to Fabrizio Ambroso.- Béatrice Macola was born on 2 December 1965 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for Schindler's List (1993), La piovra (1984) and Sindrome veneziana (1989). She died on 13 December 2001 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Actress
- Producer
- Executive
Francesca Rettondini was born on 7 March 1971 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Ghost Ship (2002), Dolcemente Complicate (2021) and Endless Dark (2013).- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Walter Chiari was born on 8 March 1924 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Romance (1986), Vanità (1947) and The Little Hut (1957). He was married to Alida Chelli. He died on 20 December 1991 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Franco Castan was born in Verona, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for The Family Plan (2023), Cobra Kai (2018) and Hawkeye (2021).- Script and Continuity Department
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carla Cipriani was born on 3 March 1930 in Verona, Italy. She was a writer and assistant director, known for Caligula (1979), Monamour (2005) and Cheeky (2000). She was married to Tinto Brass. She died on 9 August 2006 in Meran, Italy.- Actress
- Soundtrack
She won The Festival di Sanremo Music Competion in 1964 with the song "Non ho l'età". With the same song - in the same year - she won the Eurovision Song Contest and entered the U.K. chart. SHE WAS ONLY 16!!! In her long career she has worked several times for RAI Italian Television and has had more then 10 Top20 hits. She was last seen in 1999 playing a small role in an Italian Sit-comedy "Commesse".- Writer
- Director
Giacomo Battiato is an Italian film director and writer. According to "The History Of The Italian Cinema", published in 2009 in US and in England by Princeton University Press: "Giacomo Battiato is one of the most erudite and flexible directors of his generation. A cultural organizer, he has also written novels interesting for both their caliber and writing style. He got his start as an excellent television director, an experience that allowed him to develop his talents though his varied experiences before he made his debut as a film director (...) Battiato is skilled at genre films and ably exploiting the technical aspects of filmmaking. Magic, visual wonderment and mythology are important elements in his films. His characters' psychological profiles were convincing even within the context of his epic and action films (...)" Born in Verona, starting career in 1973 on Italian RAI TV and ten years later started in cinema with "Hearts and Armour". His first book, "Fuori dal cielo" (1996) he won the Prize Domenico Rea.- Actress
- Production Manager
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Meteora Fontana was born on 25 January 1958 in Verona, Italy. She is an actress and production manager, known for Estela, Herederos por accidente (2020) and Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022).- Costantino Teodori was born on 22 August 1984 in Verona, Veneto, Italy.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Roberto Nobile was born on 11 November 1947 in Verona, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Nine (2009) and Distretto di polizia (2000). He died on 30 July 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Producer
Fausto Maria Sciarappa was born on 18 November 1966 in Verona, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for Inferno (2016), The Da Vinci Code (2006) and Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008).- Location Management
- Additional Crew
- Writer
David Occhino was born on 28 May 1978 in Verona, New Jersey, USA. David is a writer, known for Ricky Stanicky (2024), Adam (2009) and Everybody's Fine (2009). David has been married to Nicole Occhino since 14 September 2007.- Actress
Edda Ferronao was born on 8 June 1934 in Verona, Italy. She was an actress, known for 1900 (1976), The Conqueror of the Orient (1960) and The Easy Life (1962). She died on 25 January 1986 in Rome, Italy.- Robyn Petty was born in Verona, New Jersey, USA. She is known for I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Midnight Madness (1980) and James at 16 (1977).
- David Larible was born on 23 June 1957 in Verona, Italy. He is an actor, known for Les grands du rire (2005), Stars in der Manege (1959) and 13 heures le journal (1981).
- Actor
Pietro Boselli was born on 3 December 1988 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. He is an actor.- Lara Balbo was born on 28 August 1988 in Legnago, Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Don Matteo (2000), Ripley (2024) and Il diavolo è Dragan Cygan (2024).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Valeria Fabrizi was born on 20 October 1936 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Biblioteca di Studio Uno (1964), Mathias Sandorf (1963) and Il maresciallo Rocca (1996). She was previously married to Tata Giacobetti.- Giovanni Teodori was born on 10 October 1980 in Verona, Veneto, Italy.
- Marina Daunia was born on 2 June 1947 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Nino Martini was born on 8 August 1905 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for One Night with You (1948), Music for Madame (1937) and Here's to Romance (1935). He died on 9 December 1976 in Verona, Veneto, Italy.- Writer
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Guido Leoni was born on 25 October 1920 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for I pinguini ci guardano (1955), Rascel-Fifì (1957) and Savana - Sesso e diamanti (1978). He died on 1 December 1998 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Giulio Brogi was born on 13 May 1931 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Spider's Stratagem (1970), St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972) and The Seagull (1977). He died on 19 February 2019 in Negrar, Veneto, Italy.- Emilio Salgari was born on 21 August 1862 in Verona, Austrian Empire [now Verona, Veneto, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Mystery of the Black Jungle (1954), Carthage in Flames (1960) and El corsario negro (1944). He was married to Ida Peruzzi. He died on 25 April 1911 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Bobby Kruger was born on 21 October 1985 in Verona, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Money Monster (2016), The House and Nightwing: Escalation (2011).- Additional Crew
- Art Department
- Actor
James Wojtal was born on 24 February 1975 in Verona, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for The Happytime Murders (2018), Morning Glory (2010) and The Smurfs (2011).- Writer
- Director
- Music Department
Italian screenwriter, director, librettist, playwright, author, journalist, and music critic. He was born in Verona on either February 4, 1878 or November 4, 1878 (major reference works differ). He graduated with a law degree from the University of Padua, but rather than entering the legal profession, he devoted himself to literature. He worked for several years as the theatre critic for the Verona Arena. In 1912, Adami published his first play, a one-act entitled La leggenda della Valacchia, in La Lettura, a monthly magazine of the Corriere della Sera. Within a year or so, he had had his first staged production of a play, I fioi di Goldoni. More productions, most of them sentimental comedies, followed. He dabbled in writing scenarios for early Italian films, but his greatest claim to fame came in 1917 when he began a rich association with composer Giacomo Puccini. Adami wrote the libretti for three of Puccini's operas: La rondine, Il tabarro, and Turandot (the last in collaboration with Renato Simoni). Adami also wrote librettos for other composers, such as Riccardo Zandonai, for the opera La via della Finestra. He was a music critic for the Milan magazine La sera and, from 1931 to 1934, he wrote for the magazine La commedia. He continued throughout these years writing plays, and in 1937, he returned to the cinema to write a number of screenplays, some of which were based on his plays and other writings. Adami published the first collection of Puccini's letters (Giacomo Puccini: epistolario [Milan, 1928]) and in 1935 published the first of his two biographies of Puccini. He worked as a publicist for the Ricordi publishing firm, whose head, Giulio Ricordi, had introduced him to Puccini and who was the subject of another Adami biography. He was associated with Ricordi until his death in Milan, October 12, 1946. Giuseppe Adami is buried at the Cimitero Monumentale di Milano.- Actress
- Composer
- Music Department
Ivana Spagna was born on 16 December 1954 in Valeggio sul Mincio, Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress and composer, known for Spagna: Love at First Sight (1991), Spagna: Easy Lady (1986) and Spagna: Only Words (1991).- Editor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Pietro Barba was born on 6 September 1997 in Verona, Italy. Pietro is an editor and director, known for Kandy, Peace in Patience and The Role-play of Life.- Ada Cristina Almirante was born on 10 May 1884 in Verona, Italy. She was an actress, known for La riva dei bruti (1931), Il richiamo del cuore (1930) and La vacanza del diavolo (1931). She was married to Giacomo Almirante. She died on 25 February 1957 in Milan, Italy.
- Composer
- Actor
- Director
Umberto Smaila was born on 26 June 1950 in Verona, Italy. He is a composer and actor, known for Jackie Brown (1997), Italian Boys (1983) and Beast with a Gun (1977). He has been married to Fanny Minati since 2008. They have two children.- Eva Vanicek was born on 17 May 1936 in Verona, Italy. She was an actress, known for Rome 11:00 (1952), Mademoiselle Gobete (1952) and Il maresciallo Rocca (1996). She was married to Diego Michelotti. She died on 13 January 2020 in Rome, Italy.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Director
Gil Kruger was born on 27 January 1984 in Verona, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Reunion (2004), Flutter Kick (2005) and I Will Protect You (2009).- Marcella Braga was born on 4 August 1973 in Verona, Italy. She is an actress, known for Shanda's River (2018), Exit: Una storia personale (2010) and Dark Resurrection (2007).
- Art Department
- Set Decorator
Dario Simoni was born on 28 March 1901 in Minerbe, Verona, Veneto, Italy. He was a set decorator, known for Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and The Taming of The Shrew (1967). He died on 23 May 1984.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
- Writer
Mario Garriba was born on 13 November 1944 in Soave, Verona, Veneto, Italy. He was an assistant director and actor, known for In punto di morte (1971), Amarcord (1973) and Corse a perdicuore (1980). He died on 31 December 2013 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.- Director
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Gianfranco De Bosio was born on 16 September 1924 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Il terrorista (1963), La betìa ovvero in amore, per ogni gaudenza, ci vuole sofferenza (1971) and Moses the Lawgiver (1974). He was married to Marta Egri-Erbstein. He died on 2 May 2022 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Music Artist
- Actor
- Composer
As a symbol of the urban panorama of music and fashion, Achille Lauro is rebellion and diversity, an emblem of a way of life. A popstar, rockstar, punk rocker, glam icon, bohemian writer, he transforms the tales of Pasolini's Rome into neorealist music. He has two mix tapes under his belt, an EP, and four studio albums. His fifth album, 1969, esteemed by critics for the avant-garde sound taken from the decade of '60/'70, brought Achille Lauro before the greater public as the most eclectic, innovative, and controversial Italian artist. A revelational personage at the 69th and 70th Sanremo Festival show, he shook the biggest Gala of Italian music, bringing artistic/cultural performances inspired by celebrated historic figures on stage (St. Francis of Assisi, Ziggy Stardust, the Marquess Luisa Casati Stampa, and the Tudor Queen Elizabeth) with a concept that aims to incentivize personal freedom and self-determination. He collects platinum records, partnered with large multinationals in the industry, and in parallel, he rakes in countless collaborations, from the cornerstones of urban music to the giants of pop, to the brands and fashion designers.- Writer
- Director
- Music Department
Renato Simoni was born on 5 September 1875 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. Renato was a writer and director, known for The Island (2005), Man on Fire (2004) and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015). Renato died on 5 July 1952 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Claudia Lawrence was born on 3 June 1925 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. She is an actress, known for Cemetery Man (1994), Tarantella napoletana (1953) and La filibusta (1969).
- Sara Guerra was born in 1980 in Verona, Italy. She is an actress, known for Casanova (2005), The Summer Side (2012) and El juramento de Puntabrava (2007).
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Nino Dal Fabbro was born on 26 February 1923 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Verdi (1982), The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971) and Argoman the Fantastic Superman (1967). He was married to Vanna Polverosi. He died on 12 August 1980 in Sutri, Lazio, Italy.- Giuseppe Lugo was born on 18 June 1899 in Sona, Verona, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Song to the Wind (1939), Song of My Heart (1940) and Miliardi, che follia! (1942). He was married to Suzanne Gaudier. He died on 18 September 1980 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Giorgio Zancanaro was born on 9 May 1939 in Verona, Italy. He is an actor, known for Madama Butterfly (1986), How Much Do You Love Me? (2005) and Le trouvère (1981).