Andrea Bosic
was born Ignazio Andrej Božič on August 15, 1919. He moved to Rome where he
attended acting classes at the National Academy of Dramatic Art, obtaining his
diploma in 1945 and immediately began working in theater. He made his debut in
the Society of Anna Magnani with the comedy “Maya”, directed by Orazio Costa;
subsequently he worked with Vittorio Gassman, Bourbons Paola and Giorgio
Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano.
Bosic was
very active in television work at RAI in 1956, both in comedies than in dramas
typical of the period, less important was his presence in radio dramas.
In the cinema
he began acting in 1951, directed by Baccio Bandini, in the movie “Amo un assassin”, the first film in a long series of
work, where he passes through the various types of genres from adventure, crime, peplum and
appearing in thirteen Euro-westerns from “Fort Yuma Gold” in 1966 to “Guns for
Dollars” in 1971.
He finishes
his acting career at the end of the 1980s. He spent the last years of his life
in Bologna, Italy at the Retirement Home for Dramatic Artists Lyda Borelli, the
only facility in Italy, reserved for former actors / actresses of theater and
cinema. Bosic died there on January 8, 2012 at 93.
Today we remember
Andre Bosic on what would have been his 95th birthday.
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