Gigio Morra

Gigio Morra
Born
Luigi Morra

26 August 1945 (1945-08-26)
Naples, Italy
Died10 March 2024 (2024-03-11) (aged 78)
Naples, Italy

Luigi "Gigio" Morra (26 August 1945 – 10 March 2024) was an Italian actor, whose career spanned over 50 years.

Life and career

Born in Naples, Morra studied at the Accademia d’arte drammatica di Napoli, graduating in 1966.[1] He started his career on stage with Carlo Cecchi, who gave him the nickname Gigio, after then popular puppet Topo Gigio.[2]

Morra was mainly active on theatre, where among others he worked in the stage companies of Eduardo De Filippo, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Maurizio Scaparro, Luca De Filippo, and Toni Servillo.[1] He made his film debut in 1976, in Marco Bellocchio's Victory March, and worked with Lina Wertmüller, Matteo Garrone, Nanni Moretti, Mario Martone, Marco Risi, Gianni Di Gregorio, Antonio Capuano, Edoardo Leo, and Riccardo Milani, among others.[3] On television, he is best known for the role of Peppino Canfora he played between 2017 and 2019 in the Rai 3 TV-series Un posto al sole.[1]

Morra died on 10 March 2024, at the age of 78.[1]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d Corbo, Emanuele (11 March 2024). "Morto Gigio Morra, addio all'attore di "Un posto al sole"". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ Valentino, Gianni (7 January 2018). "Gigio Morra: "Attore per caso, ma sempre felice di ascoltare applausi e risate"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. ^ Catelli, Daniela (12 March 2024). "Gigio Morra: la scomparsa del noto e amato attore, una vita tra teatro, cinema e tv". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 March 2024.