Birth Date: | 22 October 1885 |
Birth Place: | Genoa, Italy |
Death Date: | 28 April 1966 (aged 80) |
Death Place: | Genoa, Italy |
Occupation: | Film and stage actor, screenwriter |
Years Active: | 1942–1960 |
Amerigo Armando Gilberto Govi (pronounced as /it/; 22 October 1885 – 28 April 1966) was an Italian film and stage actor and screenwriter. He was the founder of the Genoese Dialectal Theatre.[1]
Among his greatest successes were I manezzi pe majâ na figgia (Italian: I maneggi per maritare una figlia, "How to marry off one's daughter"), Pignasecca e Pignaverde ("Dry Pinecone and Green Pinecone") and Colpi di Timone ("Rudder blows"). Also famous in Italy, especially Genoa and Liguria, are Quello bonanima ("The one who had a good soul"), Gildo Peragallo, ingegnere ("Gildo Peragallo, engineer"), I Gustavino e i Passalacqua ("The Gustavinos and the Passalacquas") and Sotto a chi tocca ("Who's next?").