Ugo Tognazzi

Infobox Actor
name = Ugo Tognazzi
birthname = Ottavio Tognazzi
birthdate = birth date|1922|3|23
birthplace = Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
deathdate = death date and age|1990|10|27|1922|3|23
deathplace = Rome, Italy
spouse = Franca Bettoia (1972-1990)
yearsactive = 1950 - 1990
occupation = actor, director, screenwriter
awards = Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)
1981 "La Tragedia di un uomo ridicolo"

Ugo Tognazzi (March 23, 1922 - October 27, 1990) was an Italian film, TV and theatre actor, director and screenwriter.

Biography

Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy, but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a traveller clerk for an insurance company.

After his return in the native city in 1936, he worked in a salami production plant. In World War II he was called to the Army, returning home after the Armistice of September 1943. His passion for spectacles and acting dates from his early years, and also during the conflict he had organized spectacles for his fellow soldiers. In 1945 he moved to Milan, where he was enrolled in the theatrical company led by Wanda Osiris.

In 1950 Tognazzi made his debut for cinema, in "I cadetti di Guascogna" directed by Mario Mattoli. In the following year he met Raimondo Vianello, with whom he formed a successful comical duo for the new-born RAI TV (1954-1960). Their shows, sometimes containing satyrical aspects, were also among the first ones to be censored in Italian television.

After the successful role in "The Fascist" ("Il Federale") (1961), directed by Luciano Salce, Tognazzi became one of the most renowned characters of the so-called Commedia all'Italiana (Italian comedy style). He worked with all the main directors of Italian cinema, including Mario Monicelli ("Amici miei"), Marco Ferreri ("La grande abbuffata"), Nanni Loy, Dino Risi, Pier Paolo Pasolini ("Porcile"), Ettore Scola, Alberto Lattuada, Pupi Avati and others. Tognazzi also directed some of his films. In 1981 he won the Best Male Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for "La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo", directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

Tognazzi was also a respected theater actor and director. He resided also in France.

Ugo Tognazzi died in Rome in 1990.

His sons Ricky (born in 1955) and Gianmarco Tognazzi (born in 1955 and 1967, respectively) are also cinema actors. He was also the father of the Norwegian film director and film producer Thomas Robsahm (born in 1964). His daughter Maria Sole Tognazzi (born in 1971) is, like Ricky, also a film director.

Filmography

Actor

*"I cadetti di Guascogna" (1950)
*"Auguri e figli maschi" (1951)
*"Una bruna indiavolata" (1951)
*"La paura fa 90" (1951)
*"L'incantevole nemica" (1953)
*"L'amore in città" (1953)
*"Totò nella luna" (1958)
*"Domenica è sempre domenica" (1958)
*"Mia nonna poliziotto" (1958)
*"Marinai, donne e guai" (1958)
*"Psicanalista per signora" (1959)
*"Le cameriere" (1959)
*"Tipi da spiaggia" (1959)
*"La cambiale" (1959)
*"I baccanali di Tiberio" (1959)
*"Assi alla ribalta" (1959)
*"Guardatele ma non toccatele" (1959)
*"Policarpo, "ufficiale di scrittura"" (1959)
*"La pica sul Pacifico" (1959)
*"Non perdiamo la testa" (1959)
*"Noi siamo due evasi" (1959)
*"Fantasmi e ladri" (1959)
*"Femmine di lusso" (1960)
*"A noi piace freddo" (1960)
*"Un dollaro di fifa" (1960)
*"Genitori in blue jeans" (1960)
*"Le olimpiadi dei mariti" (1960)
*"Il mio amico Jekyll" (1960)
*"The Fascist" (1961)
*"Che gioia vivere!" (1961)
*"Il mantenuto" (1961)
*"I magnifici tre" (1961)
*"Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare" (1961)
*"Cinque marines per cento ragazze" (1961)
*"Pugni pupe e marinai" (1961)
*"I tromboni di fra' Diavolo" (1962)
*"Una domenica d'estate" (1962)
*"Il giorno più corto" (1962)
*"La voglia matta" (1962)
*"I motorizzati" (1962)
*"March on Rome" (1962)
*"Liolà" (1963)
*"RoGoPaG" (1963)
*"I mostri" (1963)
*"I fuorilegge del matrimonio" (1963)
*"Le ore dell'amore" (1963)
*"Le motorizzate" (1963)
*"The conjugal bed" (1963)
*"La vita agra" (1964)
*"Alta infedeltà" (1964)
*"Controsesso" (1964)
*"La donna Scimmia" (1964)
*"Il magnifico cornuto" (1964)
*"Io la conoscevo bene" (1965)
*"Ménage all'italiana" (1965)
*"I Complessi" (1965)
*"Una moglie americana" (1965)
*"Oggi, domani, dopodomani" (1965)
*"Le piacevoli notti" (1966)
*"L'immorale" (1966)
*"A Question of Honour" (1966)
*"Follie d'estate" (1966)
*"I nostri mariti" (1966)
*"Marcia nuziale" (1966)
*"Il fischio al naso" (1967)
*"Il padre di famiglia" (1967)
*"Barbarella" (1967)
*"Straziami, ma di baci saziami" (1968)
*"Sissignore" (1968)
*"Satyricon" (1969)
*"Il Commissario Pepe" (1969)
*"Nell'anno del Signore..." (1969)
*"Porcile" (1969)
*"La bambolona" (1969)
*"Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale" (1970)
*"Cuori solitari" (1970)
*"La califfa" (1970)
*"Venga a prendere il caffè... da noi" (1970)
*"In nome del popolo italiano" (1971)
*"La supertestimone" (1971)
*"Stanza 17-17, palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte" (1971)
*"L'udienza" (1971)
*"Questa specie d'amore" (1972)
*"Il generale dorme in piedi" (1972)
*"Il maestro e Margherita" (1972)
*"Vogliamo i colonnelli" (1973)
*"La proprietà non è più un furto" (1973)
*"La grande abbuffata" (1973)
*"La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone" (1974)
*"Romanzo popolare" (1974)
*"Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?" (1974)
*"Non toccare la donna bianca" (1974)
*"Touche pas à la femme blanche" (Don't Touch The White Woman!) (1974)
*"L'anatra all'arancia" (1975)
*"La smagliatura" (1975)
*"Amici miei" (1975)
*"Cattivi pensieri" (1976)
*"Telefoni bianchi (film)" (1976)
*"Signore e signori, buonanotte" (1976)
*"Al piacere di rivederla" (1976)
*"La stanza del vescovo (film)" (1977)
*"I nuovi mostri" (1977)
*"Il gatto" (1977)
*"Casotto" (1977)
*"Nenè" (1977)
*"Dove vai in vacanza?" (1978)
*"La mazzetta" (1978)
*"La Cage aux Folles" (1978)
*"Primo amore" (1978)
*"L'ingorgo - Una storia impossibile" (1979)
*"I viaggiatori della sera" (1979)
*"Break-up (film)" (1979)
*"La Cage aux Folles"(1980)
*"La terrazza" (1980)
*"Sono fotogenico" (1980)
*"I seduttori della domenica" (1980)
*"Arrivano i bersaglieri" (1980)
*"La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo" (1981)
*"Amici miei atto II" (1982)
*"Scusa se è poco" (1982)
*"Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da strada" (1983)
*"Il petòmane" (1983)
*"Fatto su misura" (1984)
*"Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno" (1984)
*"Dagobert (film)" (1984)
*"Amici miei atto III" (1985)
*"La Cage aux folles 3 - 'Elles' se marient" (1985)
*"Ultimo minuto" (1987)
*"I giorni del commissario Ambrosio" (1988)
*"Tolérance" (1989)

Director

*"Il mantenuto" (1961)
*"Il fischio al naso" (1967)
*"Sissignore" (1968)
*"Cattivi pensieri" (1976)
*"I viaggiatori della sera" (1979)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865575/ IMDb.com entry on Ugo Tognazzi]

Persondata
NAME= Tognazzi, Ugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Tognazzi, Ottavio
SHORT DESCRIPTION= actor, director, screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH= 1922-3-23
PLACE OF BIRTH= Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
DATE OF DEATH= 1990-10-27
PLACE OF DEATH= Rome, Italy