Gigi Proietti
Gigi Proietti
Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter. After several stage works, in 1966 Proietti debuted both in cinema, in Pleasant Nights, and on television, in the TV series I grandi camaleonti. His first personal success came in 1971, when he replaced Domenico Modugno in the stage musical Alleluja brava gente by Garinei & Giovannini, starring alongside Renato Rascel. In 1974, after playing the role of Neri Chiaramantesi in the drama La cena delle beffe, alongside Carmelo Bene and Vittorio Gassman, in 1976 started a fruitful collaboration with playwright Roberto Lerici, with whom he wrote and directed his stage plays, starting with the one-man show A me gli occhi, please (Give me your eyes, please, 1976, reported on the scene in 1993, 1996 and 2000, in a memorable performance at the Olympic Stadium in his hometown). Initially planned to be performed 6 times, the show exceeded 300 performances, with an average audience of 2,000 per performance. He took part in several international movies, including The Appointment (1969), directed by Sidney Lumet, A Wedding (1978), directed by Robert Altman, and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), directed by Ted Kotcheff. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Proietti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted Movies
Director: Edoardo Falcone
Writers: Edoardo Falcone,
Cast: Alice Adamu, Antonio Gerardi, Barbara Ronchi, Daniele Pecci, Gigi Proietti, Giorgia Salari, Marco Giallini, Massimo Vanni, Natalia Magni, Simone Colombari,
Director: Steno
Writers: Alfredo Giannetti,
Cast: Adolfo Celi, Catherine Spaak, Ennio Antonelli, Enrico Montesano, Francesco De Rosa, Gigi Ballista, Gigi Proietti, Maria Teresa Albani, Mario Carotenuto, Nikki Gentile,
