Ezio Marano (6 August 1927,

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– 26 April 1991,

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) was an Italian actor.

Biography

He made his debut in the theater in the mid-50s at the ''Piccolo Teatro'' in

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under the guidance of

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, in a long series of performances in both Italian and the Lombard dialect; he then entered into more and more companies in smaller but significant parts, working simultaneously on television and

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. For television, he was among the performers on the TV drama , directed by

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in 1973. He made his debut in the cinema comparatively late, in 1969, under the direction of Mauro Severino, and continued his film career, with his last movie being

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, directed by

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in 1985. He died on 26 April 1991 by a lingering disease that had struck him three years earlier.

Radio

* '' Santa Giovanna'', by

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, directed by

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, directed by 19 June 1956.

Television

* ''Anna von Barnheim, ovvero la fortuna del soldato'', directed by Flaminio Bollini, transmitted on 17 June 1963. * '' La miliardaria'', directed by

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, 1972.

Theatre

* '' Arlecchino servitore di due padroni'', by

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, directed by

, in Edimburgo on 27 August 1956. * '' La visita della vecchia signora'', by

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, directed by Strehler, played at the Piccolo Theatre in Milan, 31 January 1960. * '' Così è se vi pare'', by

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, directed by Mario Ferrero, in theatres from 1963 to 1964.

Filmography

* ''Mangiala'' (1968) - Boroni * ''Vergogna schifosi'' (1969, directed by Mauro Severino) - Artusi - friend of Lea * ''

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'' (1970, directed by E.B. Clucher) - Frank Faina / Weasel * ''

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'' (1969, directed by

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) * ''

Una lucertola con la pelle di donna ''A Lizard in a Woman's Skin'' () is a 1971 ''giallo'' film co-written and directed by Lucio Fulci and produced by Edmondo Amati and Robert Dorfmann. It stars Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel, Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Monti, Anit ...

'' (1971, directed by

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) - Lowell (scientific squad) * '' La tarantola dal ventre nero'' (1971, directed by

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) - Masseur * ''

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'' (1971, directed by

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) - Gaio Scribonio * '' La classe operaia va in paradiso'' (1971, directed by

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) - Timekeeper * ''Maddalena'' (1971, directed by

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) * ''

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'' (1972, directed by

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) * ''Trinità e Sartana figli di... di Mario Siciliano'' (1972) - The Tiger * '' Un bianco vestito per Marialé'' (1972, directed by

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) - Sebastiano * ''Amore e morte nel giardino degli dei'' (1972, directed by Sauro Scavolini) - Martin / Psychiatrist * '' Alleluja e Sartana figli di... Dio'' (1972, directed by Mario Siciliano) - The Wolf * ''

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'' (1973, directed by

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) -

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* ''

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'' (1974, directed by

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) - Romeo-The Doctor * '' I figli di nessuno'' (1974, directed by Bruno Gaburro) * ''

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'' (1974, directed by

) - Gambler * ''Terminal'' (1974, directed by Paolo Brecci) * ''Il tempo dell'inizio'' (1974, directed by Luigi Di Gianni) * '' L'ingenua'' (1975, directed by

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) - Cornelio * '' L'invenzione di Morel'' (1976, directed by

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) * ''La campagnola bella'' (1976, directed by Luca Delli Azzeri) * ''Il signor ministro li prese tutti e subito'' (1977, directed by Sergio Alessandrini) * '' I due superpiedi quasi piatti'' (1977, directed by E.B. Clucher) - Bloodsucker * ''

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'' (1977, directed by

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) * ''Ridendo e scherzando'' (1978, directed by Marco Aleandri) - Chief of

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* ''Atsalut pater'' (1979, directed by

) - Avv. Carrara * ''Liberté, Égalité, Choucroute'' (1985, directed by Jean Yanne) - Un député * ''

'' (1986, directed by Federico Fellini) - The Intellectual * ''Sposerò Simon Le Bon'' (1986, directed by Carlo Cotti) * ''Abatjour 2'' (1989) - (final film role)

Bibliography

* Le teche Rai, la prosa televisiva dal 1954 al 2008 * Il

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. * Gli attori, Gremese editore Roma 2003 {{DEFAULTSORT:Marano, Ezio Italian male actors Actors from Brescia Male actors from Lombardy 1991 deaths 1927 births