Ernesto Calindri
Ernesto Calindri ( born February 5, 1909 in Certaldo, † June 9, 1999 in Milan ) was an Italian actor.
Life
Calindri began his stage career barely 20 years old. The son of actors (father Manlio is from Novara and mother Egloge Felletti from Perugia) got his first exposure to the Company by Luigi Carini. In the following seasons, he made numerous experiences with Andreina Pagnani / Camillo Pilotto / Nicolino Pescatori / Lamberto Picasso (1928 /29), Ruggero Ruggeri (1929 /30), Annibale Ninchi (1931 /32) and Elsa Merlini / Renato Cialente ( 1934 / 35). Then two years followed with Dina Galli and Sergio Tofano / Evi maltagliati and contracts with Kiki Palmer (1938 /39) and again with maltagliati 1940-1942. Another station Calindris during the war years was the commitment to Giulio Donadio.
Then a prominent phase followed in his work, beginning with his role in Agnes Bernauer next to, inter alia, Vittorio Gassman, in Mary Stuart and Adam as well as in La Machine à écrire, which were all directed by Luchino Visconti. The culmination of this time is in the same constellation Jack Kirkland's Tobacco Road dar. subsequently worked Calindri was in the 1950s with now own Compagnie alongside female stars like Olga Villi, Laura Carli, Lauretta Masiero and Lia Zoppelli and often next to Luigi Almirante and in popular Duo alongside Franco Volpi on stage. The Piccolo Teatro in Milan offered him the opportunity to Shakeapeares What do you want to play under Giorgio Strehler; 1955/1956 were Garinei and Giovannini with La Padrina di Raggio di Luna as a musical comedy an extension of its spectrum.
From 1969 to 1975 Calindri was entrusted with the co-direction of " San Babila " in Milan; next he taught acting at the " Accademia dei Filodrammatici ". Late success of the " great elders of the Italian theater " made in 1972 be Arpagone in The Miser under Orazio Costa, a director of his. Itself in a Pirandello - piece and 1974f Eugène Ionesco Welch giant hoax. His most recent roles include a musical, Gigi, in which he sang 80 years old and danced, and a Moliere piece.
The slender actor with flawless diction and often with a mustache gave the film its debut in 1935 Freccia d' oro, but could not make a big career on the big screen unlike his Theaterruf; it remained at comparatively few films and supporting roles. Things went better for Calindri in television, in comedy, shows ( he also directed the Saturday night show Il signore delle 21), series and in commercials - he was for years the Cynar man.
He was appointed Grand Officer of the Italian Republic 1993.
Calindris sister is actress Dora; he was married to colleague and occasional stage partner Roberta Mari since 1939.