Rossano Brazzi
Italian actor and singer (1916-1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 – 24 December 1994)[1] was an Italian actor. He moved to Hollywood in 1948 and was propelled to international fame with his role in the English-language film Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), followed by the leading male role in David Lean's Summertime (1955), opposite Katharine Hepburn.[2] In 1958, he played the lead as Frenchman Emile De Becque in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. His other notable English-language films include The Barefoot Contessa (1954), The Story of Esther Costello (1957), opposite Joan Crawford, Count Your Blessings (1959), Light in the Piazza (1962), and The Italian Job (1969).
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Rossano Brazzi | |
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Born | 18 September 1916 |
Died | 24 December 1994(1994-12-24) (aged 78) |
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1939–1994 |
Spouse(s) | Lidia Bertolini (1940–81; her death) Ilse Fischer (1984–94; his death) |