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Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 – 24 December 1994)[1] was an Italian actor.

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Rossano Brazzi
Brazzi in 1952
Born	18 September 1916 Bologna, Kingdom of Italy
Died	24 December 1994(1994-12-24) (aged 78) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1939–1994
Spouse(s)	Lidia Bertolini (1940–81; her death) Ilse Fischer (1984–94; his death)

Biography

Brazzi was born in Bologna, Italy, the son of Maria Ghedini and Adelmo Brazzi, an employee of the Rizzoli shoe factory. He was named after Rossano Veneto, where his father was stationed during his military service in World War I. Brazzi attended San Marco University in Florence, Italy, where he was raised from the age of four. He was a lawyer before becoming an actor and made his film debut in 1939.[1][2]

He moved to Hollywood in 1948 and was propelled to international fame with his role in the English-language film Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), followed by the leading male role in David Lean's Summertime (1955), opposite Katharine Hepburn.[2] In 1958, he played the lead as Frenchman Emile De Becque in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. His other notable English-language films include The Barefoot Contessa (1954), The Story of Esther Costello (1957), opposite Joan Crawford, Count Your Blessings (1959), Light in the Piazza (1962), and The Italian Job (1969).

Personal life

Marriages and relationships

In 1940, Brazzi married baroness Lidia Bertolini (1921–1981) to whom he was married until her death from liver cancer in 1981. The couple had no children. However, he did father a son, George Llewellyn Brady (born 24 July 1955), from a relationship with 20-year-old Llewella Humphreys (1934–1992), the daughter of American mobster Murray Humphreys. Llewella Humphreys later changed her name to Luella Brady, an anglicization of Brazzi. In 1984, Rossano Brazzi married Ilse Fischer,[3] a German national, who had been the couple's housekeeper for many years. Originally from Düsseldorf, Fischer had met Brazzi as an infatuated fan in Rome at the age of twenty-four.[4] This marriage was also childless.

Eccentricities

Brazzi was known in film production circles for a number of strange traits, including his preference for ordering off-menu and his love of karaoke. He was often referred to among contemporaries by his nickname Merlion.

Death

Brazzi died in Rome on Christmas Eve 1994, aged 78, from a neural virus.[1]

Selected filmography

References

External links

• Rossano Brazzi at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Rossano Brazzi

Rossano Brazzi (* 18. September 1916 in Bologna; † 24. Dezember 1994 in Rom) war ein italienischer Schauspieler, der vor allem in den 1950er Jahren auch international ein gefragter Darsteller war.

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- [en] Rossano Brazzi

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[es] Rossano Brazzi

Rossano Brazzi (Bolonia, Italia, 18 de septiembre de 1916 - Roma, 24 de diciembre de 1994) fue un actor y director de cine italiano que en algunas ocasiones utilizó como director el seudónimo de Edward Ross.

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[ru] Брацци, Россано

Россано Брацци (итал. Rossano Brazzi, 1916—1994) — итальянский актёр.

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