Alfredo Adami was born on September 2,
1914 in Supino, Lazio, Italy. Artistically born in the Theatre
romanesco , working in its infancy with big names like Gustavo Cacini; Comedian
and vaudeville revue between the 1940s
and 1960s he was also a stage comedian, with his company magazine "
Spettacoli
Rosa", a large number of productions, with some being very successful. He
was considered by critics to be a very talented comedian, winning the Hector
Petrolini prize in the 1950s dedicated to Roman comic.
Thin and tall he finally appeared in
the world of the cinema when he was no longer young, debuting in the film “Adua
e le compagne”, ( 1960 ), directed by Antonio Pietrangeli .
He made several appearances in major
Italian films, including “Roma”, (1972), by Federico Fellini, “Fantozz”, (1975),
by Luciano Salce and “Polvere di stella”, (1973), with Alberto Sordi, and in many
genre films of the 1970s. He appeared in only one Euro-western; “The Handsome,
the Ugly and the Stupid” in 1967.
Adami died in Rome on August 2, 1989 of
heart failure and emphysema.
Today we remember Alfred
Adami on what would have been his 100th birthday.
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