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Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter.
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Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter.
After several stage works, in 1966 Proietti debuted both in cinema, in Pleasant Nights, and on television, in the TV series I grandi camaleonti. His first personal success came in 1971, when he replaced Domenico Modugno in the stage musical Alleluja brava gente by Garinei & Giovannini, starring alongside Renato Rascel. In 1974, after playing the role of Neri Chiaramantesi in the drama La cena delle beffe, alongside Carmelo Bene and Vittorio Gassman, in 1976 started a fruitful collaboration with playwright Roberto Lerici, with whom he wrote and directed his stage plays, starting with the one-man show A me gli occhi, please (Give me your eyes, please, 1976, reported on the scene in 1993, 1996 and 2000, in a memorable performance at the Olympic Stadium in his hometown). Initially planned to be performed 6 times, the show exceeded 300 performances, with an average audience of 2,000 per performance.
He took part in several international movies, including The Appointment (1969), directed by Sidney Lumet, A Wedding (1978), directed by Robert Altman, and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), directed by Ted Kotcheff.
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Gender
Male
Birthday
November 2, 1940
Died
November 2, 2020
Birthplace
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Also Known As
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Voi siete qui
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Beach House
1977
Bubu
1971
Lady Liberty
1971
Meo Patacca
1972
Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia
2008
La Tosca
1973
Horse Fever
1976
Mai storie d'amore in cucina
2004
A summer at the sea
2008
I Am Santa Claus
2021
The Appointment
1969
A Wedding
1978
D'Artagnan's Daughter
1994
Pinocchio
2019
Brancaleone at the Crusades
1970
A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi
2015
Catch As Catch Can
1967
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The Cesaronis
2006
Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta
2001
The marshal Rocca
1996
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1999
Una pallottola nel cuore
2014
TV Story Superstar
2020
Wonders - The Peninsula of Treasures
2018
L'avvocato Porta
1997
Sogni e bisogni
1985
L'ultimo Papa Re
2013
Italian Restaurant
1994
Club 92
1990
The Lord of the Scam
2011
Cavalli di battaglia
2017
Tartarino sulle Alpi
1968
Villa Arzilla
1990
Il Circolo Pickwick
1968
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2010