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Vittorio Gassman

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Actor

The Resume

    (September 1, 1922-June 29, 2000)
    Born in Genoa, Italy
    Appeared in the films 'The Captain's Daughter' (1947), 'Bitter Rice' (1948), 'Anna' (1951), 'The Glass Wall' (1953), 'Mambo' (1954), 'War and Peace' (1956), 'Big Deal on Madonna Street' (1958), 'The Great War' (1959), 'Il Mattatore' (1960), 'Barabbas' (1961), 'The Last Judgment' (1961), 'March on Rome' (1962), 'The Easy Life' (1962), 'Il Gaucho' (1964), 'A Virgin for the Prince' (1965), 'Woman Times Seven' (1967), 'Ghosts Italian Style' (1968), 'The 13 Chairs' (1969), 'The Audience' (1971), 'Scent of a Woman' (1974), 'A Wedding' (1978), 'Quintet' (1979), 'The Nude Bomb' (1980), 'Sharky's Machine' (1981), 'Tempest' (1982), 'The Family' (1987) and 'Sleepers' (1996)
    Directed 'The Alibi' (1969), 'Without Family' (1971), 'From Father to Son' (1983) and 'Affabulazione' (1985)

Why he might be annoying:

    He had several absences from the screen and stage caused by nervous breakdowns.
    He had an unsuccessful stint as an MGM contract player in the early 50s: 'After a couple of years, I was anxious to go back to Italy and they were anxious to send me back.'
    Accompanying wife Shelley Winters to the Academy Awards, he was mistaken for her ex-fiancee, Farley Granger (1952).
    Winters said he had 'too much ham in his Hamlet.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He founded and ran a theater company, Teatro d'Arte Italiano.
    He was successful in dramas and comedies, noting 'The art of the comic is no less than that of the tragedian.'
    He won the award for best actor at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival for 'Scent of a Woman.'
    He did a popular bit on the Italian TV show 'Tunnel' in which he would recite, in his grandest theatrical style, phone book listings, utility bills and other mundane documents.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying