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Lino Ventura

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Nascita
13 luglio 1919 · Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Morte
22 ottobre 1987

Biografia

Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas. Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables. After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Noto per

Locandina di L'armata degli eroi
L'armata degli eroi
Film · 1969 · ★ 7,9
Locandina di Ascensore per il patibolo
Ascensore per il patibolo
Film · 1958 · ★ 7,6
Locandina di In famiglia si spara
In famiglia si spara
Film · 1963 · ★ 7,7
Locandina di Il clan dei siciliani
Il clan dei siciliani
Film · 1969 · ★ 7,6
Locandina di Guardato a vista
Guardato a vista
Film · 1981 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di Grisbì
Grisbì
Film · 1954 · ★ 7,2
Locandina di Il rompiballe
Il rompiballe
Film · 1973 · ★ 7,0
Locandina di Tutte le ore feriscono... l'ultima uccide
Tutte le ore feriscono... l'ultima uccide
Film · 1966 · ★ 7,7
Locandina di Il tocco della medusa
Il tocco della medusa
Film · 1978 · ★ 6,8
Locandina di L'avventura è l'avventura
L'avventura è l'avventura
Film · 1972 · ★ 6,7
Locandina di Licenza di esplodere
Licenza di esplodere
Film · 1966 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di Centomila dollari al sole
Centomila dollari al sole
Film · 1964 · ★ 7,1

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