Domenico "Memo" Benassi (21 June 1886 – 24 February 1957) was an Italian

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who appeared in more than forty films in a mixture of

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s. He played the composer

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in the 1942 film ''

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''.Mathew & Walton p.337

Selected filmography

* ''Notte di tempesta'' (1916) * ''Mimì e gli straccioni'' (1916) * ''Il gioiello sinistro'' (1917) * ''La nemica'' (1917) * ''Margheritella'' (1918) * ''La scala di seta'' (1920) * '' The Love Letters of Baroness S'' (1924) - Straßenmusikant Giovanni * ''

The Adventures of Sybil Brent ''The Adventures of Sybil Brent'' (german: Das Abenteuer der Sibylle Brant) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten, Memo Benassi and Rudolf Biebrach.Grange p. 204 It was shot at the EFA Studios in Ber ...

'' (1925) - Theo Hartwig, Schriftsteller * ''

The Old Lady ''The Old Lady'' ( it, La vecchia signora) is a 1932 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi. It features Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film. Cast * Emma Gramatica as Maria * Nella Maria Bonora as Bianchina * Maurizio D'Ancora a ...

'' (1932) - Joe * ''

The Lucky Diamond ''The Lucky Diamond'' ( it, Lisetta) is a 1933 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Vittorio De Sica. Cast * Elsa Merlini - Lisetta * Renato Cialente * Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 Ju ...

'' (1933) - Il maggiordomo * ''Il trattato scomparso'' (1933) - John Brown - detective * ''

The Haller Case ''The Haller Case'' (Italian: ''Il caso Haller'') is a 1933 Italian thriller film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Marta Abba, Memo Benassi and Camillo Pilotto.Brizio-Skov p.54 The film is based on the 1893 play '' Der Andere'' by ...

'' (1933) - Judge Haller * ''L'impiegata di papà'' (1934) - Banchiere Monti * ''

Everybody's Woman ''Everybody's Woman'' (Italian: ''La signora di tutti'') is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Isa Miranda, Memo Benassi and Tatyana Pavlova. It is the only film Max Ophüls made in Italy. The film was a success and ...

'' (1934) - Leonardo Nanni * '' Conquest of the Air'' (1936) - Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited) * '' Lady of Paradise'' (1937) - Matteo Iran * '' Scipione l'africano'' (1937) - Cato * '' Tonight at Eleven'' (1938) - L'ambasciatore Leopoldo Norton * '' Princess Tarakanova'' (1938) - L'ambasciatore russo * ''La conquista dell'aria'' (1939) - Il Gesuita Franceesco Lama * ''Orizzonte dipinto'' (1941) - Il burattinaio * ''Il vagabondo'' (1941) - Fanfulla * '' The Jester's Supper'' (1942) - Il Tornaquinci * '' The Two Orphans'' (1942) - Il conte di Linières * ''

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'' (1942) - Il principe Yariskine * ''

'' (1942) - Beethoven * ''I due Foscari'' (1942) - Donato Almorò * ''Quarta pagina'' (1942) - Il pazzo * '' The Son of the Red Corsair'' (1943) - Il marchese di Montelimar * ''

Measure for Measure ''Measure for Measure'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604, according to available records. It was published in the ''First Folio'' of 1623. The play's plot features its ...

'' (1943) - Lucio * ''Peccatori'' (1945) * ''Paese senza pace'' (1946) - Padron Toni * ''L'ultimo sogno'' (1946) * '' The Tyrant of Padua'' (1946) - Cesare, il pittore * ''La taverna della libertà'' (1950) * '' The Affairs of Messalina'' (1951) - Claudio / Claude * '' Red Shirts'' (1952) - (uncredited) * '' Too Bad She's Bad'' (1954) - (uncredited) * ''

Adriana Lecouvreur ''Adriana Lecouvreur'' () is an opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the 1849 play '' Adrienne Lecouvreur'' by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé. It was first performed on 6 November 1902 ...

'' (1955) - Michonnet

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* Mathew, Nicholas & Walton, Benjamin. ''The Invention of Beethoven and Rossini: Historiography, Analysis, Criticism''. Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1886 births 1957 deaths Actors from the Province of Parma Italian male film actors Italian male silent film actors Italian male stage actors 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub