Aroldo Tieri (28 August 1917 – 28 December 2006) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1939 and 1969.

Aroldo Tieri
Aroldo Tieri in the movie Chi si ferma è perduto (1960)
Born(1917-08-28)28 August 1917
Died28 December 2006(2006-12-28) (aged 89)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1939–1969

Life and career

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Born in Corigliano Calabro, province of Cosenza, son of the journalist and playwright Vincenzo Tieri, Aroldo Tieri moved in Rome at 18 to study law at university, and in the meanwhile approached acting and enrolled the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.[1] Graduated in 1938, he almost immediately made his debut in theater and in film.[1] Soon Tieri became one of the most popular and appreciated young actors, with a predisposition to the comic genre.[1] In cinema Tieri specialized in roles on jealous, irascible, nervous boyfriends, and this characterization limited his career and caused his retirement from films in the late 1960s.[1] His versatility was revealed especially on stage and on television, that at the end of the 1950s gave him notoriety with a successful adaptation of the Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby and then as host of Canzonissima in 1960.[2] Companion for many years on the scene of the actress Giuliana Lojodice, later his wife, Tieri formed a stage company with her in 1965 and the couple was very active in multiple projects at theater, radio and TV.[1]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
  2. ^ "Lutto nel mondo del teatro è morto l'attore Aroldo Tieri". La Repubblica. 29 December 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

Further reading

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  • Anna Testa (2010). "Buonasera Aroldo, buonasera Giuliana": Aroldo Tieri e Giuliana Lojodice, vita carriera e scene da un matrimonio. Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2010. ISBN 978-8860732750.
  • Antonio Panzarella (2005). Aroldo Tieri: una vita per lo spettacolo. Bevivino, 2005. ISBN 8888764526.
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