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Born into poverty in Sora ( Frosinone), he began his career as a theatre actor in the early 1920s and joined Tatiana Pavlova 's theatre company in 1923.
In 1933 he founded his own company with his wife Giuditta Rissone and Sergio TofanoSergio Tofano ( August 20, 1883 October 28, 1973) was an Italian actor, director, playwright, scene designer and illustrator. He was born in Rome. In 1909 Tofano made his first appearance on stage with Ermete Novelli, then joined Virgilio Talli's company. The company performed mostly light comediesComedy is the use of humor in the performing arts. It also means a performance that relies heavily on humor. The term originally comes from theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. The humor, once an incid, but they also staged plays by Beaumarchais, and worked with famous directors like Luchino ViscontiLuchino Visconti, Duke of Modrone ( November 2, 1906 March 17, 1976) was an Italian theatre and cinema director and writer. Born in a noble and wealthy family (one of the richest of northern Italy) in Milan, at the age of 30 he went to Paris, and began hi.
His meeting with Cesare ZavattiniCesare Zavattini ( September 20, 1902- October 13, 1989) was a Italian screenwriter noted for neo-realist films. Born at Luzzara, near Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, on September 20, 1902, Zavattini studied law at the University of Parma, but devoted hi was a very important event: they wrote together some of the most celebrated films of the neorealistic ageItalian neorealism is a film movement lasting for about a decade shortly after World War II. The movement is characterized by realistic plots filmed in long takes on location, preferably using many non- actors for secondary and sometimes primary roles., like Sciuscià (Shoeshine) and Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thieves).
One of his best-received is La Ciociara (Two Women) (1961): Sophia LorenSophia Loren (born September 20, 1934) is an Italian actress. She was born Sofia Villani Scicolone in Pozzuoli, Italy, the illegitimate daughter of Romilda Villani and Riccardo Scicolone. She grew up there in poverty but found her way into small parts in won the Oscar for her performance, and critics widely regard the film a classic. De Sica died in Paris on November 13, 1974.