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Gino Bramieri

Italian actor (1928–1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gino Bramieri
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Luigi "Gino" Bramieri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒiːno braˈmjɛːri]; 21 June 1928 – 18 June 1996) was an Italian comedian and actor. He was especially known as a television comedian, performing in theatres, on radio, and in about thirty movies. He was nicknamed "Il Re della barzelletta" ("the King of jokes") for his burlesque comic style, which was largely based on his skill at telling funny stories.[1][2] His jokes were sometimes as quick as a cut and thrust, bordering on surrealism. They have been collected in a series of books, such as 50 chili fa ("50 kilos ago", a collection he published after dieting).

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Biography

Bramieri was born in Milan, Italy, into a humble family.[2] He made his stage debut in 1943 with the prose company in prose by Egisto Olivieri.[2] He later graduated in accountancy at night school.[2] In 1948, he got married and had a son.[2] Bramieri's career was launched by Erminio Macario, who entered him into his revue company in 1949.[2] In his career, he has performed together with many prominent Italian comedians and actors, including Franco and Ciccio, Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi, Ave Ninchi, Nino Taranto, Raimondo Vianello, Renato Rascel, and Totò. His career in television reached its apex in the 1960s–1970s, with RAI television shows such as Tigre contro tigre, Il signore ha suonato?, E noi qui and others; in the 1980s, he conducted a show named after him, the Gino Bramieri show (aka G.B. Show).[3]

He died of cancer at the age of 67 and was buried in Milan's Cimitero Monumentale.[4]

A street in Milan (district of Porta Nuova), and an avenue in Rome (in the Pineto city park) have been renamed in his honour.[5]

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Filmography

Television

Plays

  • Esami di maturità of Ladislao Fodor, directed by Mario Landi (1954)
  • Manettoni e Pippo Fantasma, directed by Alda Grimaldi (1960)
  • Biblioteca di Studio Uno: Il dottor Jekyll e mister Hyde, directed by Antonello Falqui (1964)
  • Biblioteca di Studio Uno: Al Grand Hotel, directed by Antonello Falqui (1964)
  • Graditi ospiti, directed by Vito Molinari (1967)
  • Felicita Colombo, directed by Antonello Falqui (1968)
  • Mai di sabato signora Lisistrata, directed by Vito Molinari (1971)
  • Un mandarino per Teo, directed by Eros Macchi (1974)
  • Anche i bancari hanno un'anima, directed by Pietro Garinei and Gino Landi (1979)
  • La vita comincia ogni mattina, directed by Pietro Garinei (1981)

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References

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