Memmo Carotenuto
Memmo Carotenuto (actually Guglielmo Carotenuto; born July 24, 1908 in Rome, † December 23, 1980 ) was an Italian actor.
Life
The son of actor couple Nello Carotenuto and Angela Grasso and brother of Mario began with 8 years as a stage actor when he played in the theater company of Bacci / Gambini. After graduating as an accountant in 1925, he started in the same year his professional career as an actor in the Revue " Achille Maresca 2 " and put them in 1927 as an ensemble member of the " Teatro futurista " by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti continued, that of a brief but important role former theater landscape occupied. After exposure to secondary Romanesco dialect theaters Carotenuto moved its focus to the film; but not as a performer but as a makeup artist. Until 1950, he joined as a result of only a few and small roles on the big screen.
1951 began a highly productive Cinema phase in which Carotenuto edged or fussy, impulsive and generous, but always good-hearted Roman, equipped with distinctive husky and deep voice as well as irony characters interpreted and in 1956 he, during his most intense time for his representation in bigamy is no pleasure was awarded a Silver ribbon for Best Supporting Actor. After five year break 1966-1970 the pretty tall actor continued his film career continued until his death.
His son, Bruno also played in a handful of films.