Aroldo Tieri (28 August 1917 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1939 and 1969.
Life and career
Born in
Corigliano Calabro,
province of Cosenza, son of the journalist and playwright Vincenzo Tieri, Aroldo Tieri moved in Rome at 18 to study law at university, and in the meanwhile approached acting and enrolled the
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.[1] Graduated in 1938, he almost immediately made his debut in theater and in film.[1] Soon Tieri became one of the most popular and appreciated young actors, with a predisposition to the comic genre.[1] In cinema Tieri specialized in roles on jealous, irascible, nervous boyfriends, and this characterization limited his career and caused his retirement from films in the late 1960s.[1] His versatility was revealed especially on stage and on television, that at the end of the 1950s gave him notoriety with a successful adaptation of the
Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby and then as host of Canzonissima in 1960.[2] Companion for many years on the scene of the actress
Giuliana Lojodice, later his wife, Tieri formed a stage company with her in 1965 and the couple was very active in multiple projects at theater, radio and TV.[1]
Anna Testa (2010). "Buonasera Aroldo, buonasera Giuliana": Aroldo Tieri e Giuliana Lojodice, vita carriera e scene da un matrimonio. Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2010.
ISBN978-8860732750.
Antonio Panzarella (2005). Aroldo Tieri: una vita per lo spettacolo. Bevivino, 2005.
ISBN8888764526.
Aroldo Tieri (28 August 1917 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1939 and 1969.
Life and career
Born in
Corigliano Calabro,
province of Cosenza, son of the journalist and playwright Vincenzo Tieri, Aroldo Tieri moved in Rome at 18 to study law at university, and in the meanwhile approached acting and enrolled the
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.[1] Graduated in 1938, he almost immediately made his debut in theater and in film.[1] Soon Tieri became one of the most popular and appreciated young actors, with a predisposition to the comic genre.[1] In cinema Tieri specialized in roles on jealous, irascible, nervous boyfriends, and this characterization limited his career and caused his retirement from films in the late 1960s.[1] His versatility was revealed especially on stage and on television, that at the end of the 1950s gave him notoriety with a successful adaptation of the
Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby and then as host of Canzonissima in 1960.[2] Companion for many years on the scene of the actress
Giuliana Lojodice, later his wife, Tieri formed a stage company with her in 1965 and the couple was very active in multiple projects at theater, radio and TV.[1]
Anna Testa (2010). "Buonasera Aroldo, buonasera Giuliana": Aroldo Tieri e Giuliana Lojodice, vita carriera e scene da un matrimonio. Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2010.
ISBN978-8860732750.
Antonio Panzarella (2005). Aroldo Tieri: una vita per lo spettacolo. Bevivino, 2005.
ISBN8888764526.