Giacomo Almirante

Giacomo Almirante
Born	12 September 1875 Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died	12 January 1944 Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1916–1942 (film)

Giacomo Almirante (1875–1944) was an Italian stage and film actor.[1]

Life and career

Born in Palermo, the brother of actors Ernesto and Luigi, Almirante made his stage debut in 1891, and was mainly active on theatre, in which he worked, among others, with the Lyda Borelli, Dina Galli, Ermete Novelli, Renzo Ricci, Antonio Gandusio and Nino Besozzi companies.[2] For about a decade he was also active in films as a character actor.[2] He was married to the sister of actor Olinto Cristina.[2]

Selected filmography

• Paradise (1932)
• Pergolesi (1932)
• I'll Give a Million (1936)
• Dora Nelson (1939)
• Saint John, the Beheaded (1940)
• A Romantic Adventure (1940)
• Teresa Venerdì (1941)
• Scampolo (1941)

References

1. Mitchell, Charles P. The Great Composers Portrayed on Film, 1913 through 2002. McFarland, 2004. p.172.
2. Lancia, Enrico (2003). "Allocca, Lucio". Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 15. ISBN 978-88-8440-213-4.

External links

• Giacomo Almirante at IMDb