Gilberto Govi Explained

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?").

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Il mito di Gilberto Govi. libero.it. it.