Antonio Centa (10 August 1907 – 19 April 1979) was an Italian film
actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
.
Career
Born in
Maniago
Maniago () is a town and (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Friuli subregion of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, north-eastern Italy
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,
Province of Pordenone
The province of Pordenone (; ; ) was a province in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, subdivided from the province of Udine in 1968. Its capital was the city of Pordenone. The province was abolished on 30 September 2017; it wa ...
, Centa was among the most active and popular actors between the mid-1930s and 1943 (when the Italian film industry almost halted because of the war).
He was especially popular with the female audience, and had critically acclaimed performances, notably in
Renato Castellani
Renato Castellani (4 September 1913 – 28 December 1985) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Early life
Son of a representative of Kodak, he was born in Varigotti, at the time a hamlet of Final Pia, which became Finale Ligure ( ...
's films ''
A Pistol Shot'' and ''
Zazà
''Zazà'' () is an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo, with a libretto by the composer, which draws on the same material as the French play '' Zaza'' (1898). The story concerns the French music hall singer, Zazà, and her affair and subsequent decisio ...
''.
After the war his success declined, and he gradually started to be cast in supporting roles.
Filmography
References
External links
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1907 births
1979 deaths
People from the Province of Pordenone
Male actors from Friuli-Venezia Giulia
20th-century Italian male actors
Italian male film actors