Franco Parenti | |
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Milla Sannoner, Parenti,
Giorgio Albertazzi and Gianna Giachetti on stage (1967) | |
Born | 7 December 1921
Milan, Italy |
Died | 28 April 1989 Milan, Italy | (aged 67)
Franco Parenti (7 December 1921 – 28 April 1989) was an Italian actor and stage director.
Born in Milan, Parenti graduated from the Accademia dei Filodrammatici and made his professional debut in 1940, in the Merlini- Cialante stage company. [1] In 1941, he formed the avangarde stage company Palcoscenico with Paolo Grassi. [1] [2] During the World War II he was drafted and interned in Germany, being freed in 1945. [2]
After the war, Parenti worked with the companies of Salvo Randone and Nuto Navarrini , before joining the first stage company of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. [1] Starting from 1948, he focused on avanspettacolo, joining among others the companies of Erminio Macario, Giorgio De Rege, and Pina Renzi, and also working as author of sketches. [1] [2] In the early 1950s, he got his first personal success on radio with the macchietta Anacleto il gasista, and formed a successful avanspettacolo company with Dario Fo and Giustino Durano. [1] [2] After the company disbandment in 1954, Parenti returned to dramatic theater, working with Luigi Squarzina and Gianfranco De Bosio. [1] [2]
In 1963, Parenti was named director of the Teatro Stabile in Palermo, and after working with Eduardo De Filippo and Giorgio Strehler, in 1972 he co-founded with Andrée Ruth Shammah the Teatro Pier Lombardo (also known as Cooperativa Teatro Franco Parenti), with which he staged a series of sophisticated and often provocative plays. [1] [2] He died of lung cancer on 28 April 1989, at the age of 67. [2]
Franco Parenti | |
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Milla Sannoner, Parenti,
Giorgio Albertazzi and Gianna Giachetti on stage (1967) | |
Born | 7 December 1921
Milan, Italy |
Died | 28 April 1989 Milan, Italy | (aged 67)
Franco Parenti (7 December 1921 – 28 April 1989) was an Italian actor and stage director.
Born in Milan, Parenti graduated from the Accademia dei Filodrammatici and made his professional debut in 1940, in the Merlini- Cialante stage company. [1] In 1941, he formed the avangarde stage company Palcoscenico with Paolo Grassi. [1] [2] During the World War II he was drafted and interned in Germany, being freed in 1945. [2]
After the war, Parenti worked with the companies of Salvo Randone and Nuto Navarrini , before joining the first stage company of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. [1] Starting from 1948, he focused on avanspettacolo, joining among others the companies of Erminio Macario, Giorgio De Rege, and Pina Renzi, and also working as author of sketches. [1] [2] In the early 1950s, he got his first personal success on radio with the macchietta Anacleto il gasista, and formed a successful avanspettacolo company with Dario Fo and Giustino Durano. [1] [2] After the company disbandment in 1954, Parenti returned to dramatic theater, working with Luigi Squarzina and Gianfranco De Bosio. [1] [2]
In 1963, Parenti was named director of the Teatro Stabile in Palermo, and after working with Eduardo De Filippo and Giorgio Strehler, in 1972 he co-founded with Andrée Ruth Shammah the Teatro Pier Lombardo (also known as Cooperativa Teatro Franco Parenti), with which he staged a series of sophisticated and often provocative plays. [1] [2] He died of lung cancer on 28 April 1989, at the age of 67. [2]