Antonio Pierfederici (18 March 1919 – 6 January 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Life and career
Born in
La Maddalena
La Maddalena (Gallurese: ''Madalena'' or ''La Madalena'', sc, Sa Madalena) is a town and '' comune'' located on the islands of the Maddalena archipelago in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia, Italy.
The main town of the same name is lo ...
, Pierfederici graduated in law and then he enrolled at the
Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts.
He started his acting career in 1943 and was mainly active on stage, getting his first personal critical success with his performance in
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the ...
's ''I parenti terribili''.
One of the favorite actors of Visconti, he also worked on stage with
Giorgio Strehler
Giorgio Strehler (; ; 14 August 1921 – 25 December 1997) was an actor, Italian opera and theatre director.
Biography
Strehler was born in Barcola, Trieste; His father, Bruno Strehler, was a native of Trieste with family roots in Vienna and died ...
and
Orazio Costa
Orazio Costa (6 August 1911 – 14 November 1999) was an Italian theatre pedagogist and director.
Born Orazio Costa Giovangigli in Rome, Costa graduated at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1937, and after being assistant directo ...
, among others.
Filmography
References
External links
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1919 births
1999 deaths
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
Italian male stage actors
People from La Maddalena
20th-century Italian male actors
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni