Giacomo Almirante Explained

Giacomo Almirante
Birth Date:	12 September 1875
Birth Place:	Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Death Date:	12 January 1944
Death Place:	Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1916–1942 (film)

Giacomo Almirante (1875–1944) was an Italian stage and film actor.^[1]

Life and career

Born in Palermo, the brother of actors Ernesto and Luigi, Almirante made his stage debut in 1891, and was mainly active on theatre, in which he worked, among others, with the Lyda Borelli, Dina Galli, Ermete Novelli, Renzo Ricci, Antonio Gandusio and Nino Besozzi companies. For about a decade he was also active in films as a character actor.^[2] He was married to the sister of actor Olinto Cristina.

Selected filmography

• Paradise (1932)
• Pergolesi (1932)
• I'll Give a Million (1936)
• Dora Nelson (1939)
• Saint John, the Beheaded (1940)
• A Romantic Adventure (1940)
• Teresa Venerdì (1941)
• Scampolo (1941)

Notes and References

1. Mitchell, Charles P. The Great Composers Portrayed on Film, 1913 through 2002. McFarland, 2004. p.172.
2. Book: Lancia . Enrico . Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri . 2003 . Gremese Editore . 978-88-8440-213-4 . 15 . it . Allocca, Lucio.