Antonio Cifariello
Antonio Cifariello | |
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Born |
Naples, Italy | 19 May 1930
Died |
12 December 1968 38) Lusaka, Zambia | (aged
Occupation |
Actor Documentarist |
Years active | 1950-1968 |
Antonio Cifariello (19 May 1930 – 12 December 1968) was an Italian actor and documentarist.
Life and career
Born in Naples, the nephew of a sculptor, Cifariello started his career in 1950 as the main actor, credited as Fabio Montale, in La sposa che vestiva di bianco, a film which had several production issues and that was released only in 1953.[1] In the meanwhile Cifariello appeared in several fotoromanzi using the stage name Mauro Vellani, and enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1953.[1] The same year, he was chosen by Federico Fellini to star in Marriage Agency, a segment of the anthology film Love in the City.[1] Following the release of the film, in a short time Cifariello established himself as one of the most requested young actors in Italian cinema, mainly active in romantic comedies and adventure films.[1] Tired of playing stereotypal characters of seducers or boyfriends, in the 1960s Cifariello gradually moved his career towards journalism and television documentaries.[1][2] During a trip in Zambia for a RAI documentary, on December 12, 1968 Cifariello died due to a plane crash; he was 38.[1][2]
Selected filmography
- Eran trecento (1952)
- Love in the City (1953)
- Woman of the Red Sea (1953)
- Le ragazze di San Frediano (1954)
- Neapolitan Carousel (1954)
- Scandal in Sorrento (1955)
- The Belle of Rome (1955)
- Le signorine dello 04 (1955)
- Roman Tales (1955)
- The Awakening (1956)
- La donna del giorno (1956)
- Peccato di castità (1956)
- Noi siamo le colonne (1956)
- Souvenir d'Italie (1957)
- Vacanze a Ischia (1957)
- Young Husbands (1958)
- L'amore nasce a Roma (1958)
- The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina (1959)
- Vacations in Majorca (1959)
- Wild Cats on the Beach (1959)
- Ciao, ciao bambina! (1959)
- Questo amore ai confini del mondo (1960)
- Rome 1585 (1961)
- Jessica (1962)
- In Search of the Castaways (1962)
- The Lovely Lola (1962)