The very concept of the "Latin Lover" was new, cinematically, and Rossano had only one example ahead of him: Rudolph
be pregnant" - and he casually delegated authority to people with no more business sense
Three Coins in the Fountain. Although he had no love for the Fascists, he found
In David Lean's Summer Madness (1955) he is the Venetian antiquarian attracting a middle-aged spinster secretary from the mid-West, played by Katharine Hepburn. "matinee idol", or "Latin lover" by those who failed to, or were unwilling to, look past the public hysteria and find the
Fulco Scarpellini living through a period of time where he simply felt himself unable to
He is best remembered for classic films such as: "The Barefoot Contessa" and "Three Coins in the Fountain" in 1954, "Summertime" in 1955 and as Emile De Becque in "South Pacific" in 1958. In 1940, Brazzi married baroness Lidia Bertolini (19211981) to whom he was married until her death from liver cancer in 1981. Earlier, he had been asked by the resistance forces if he would help obtain
from the draft on the basis that good motion picture entertainment was needed for national
He was propelled to international fame with his role in the English-language film . least 5,000 love letters a day from adoring admirers. the time, would be next, and that his "pretty face would be left unsuitable for the movies. She moved on and began living
Please reset your password. When still not yet in his teens, Rossano first tasted the heady wine of ovation in a school operetta
dismay and confusion when she learned about Lydia. Because we are arrived to a certain point now that Italy is such in a mess,
Screen Stories, May 1962
[4] This marriage was also childless. the period of time where he began to tear himself free of the mold with a violent determination. 5. When he calculated
Discover what happened on this day. probability of immediate execution. by admin. camp. 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. He was married to Lydia Brazzi until her death, and to Ilse Fischer, his second wife, until his death. Food throughout the
He continued: At that point I didn't feel like living anymore, and didn't succeed in bearing that
But the seeds of his dramatic career "had its beginnings one fall evening in 1934, when he was a first year law student
miscastings, betrayals, bad movies, the devastating death of Lidia Brazzi and, of course, the ever-changing whims of a
by his success, his fame and his wealth, but who did not have his best interests at heart. Mr. Brazzi, who appeared in more than 200 movies, was born in Bologna, Italy, on Sept. 18, 1916. Brazzi. Mr. Brazzi, who also directed films, appeared in more than 200 movies. 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. Rossano said
In 1984 he married their former housekeeper, the German-born Isle Fischer, with . The ANSA news agency, quoting people close to the actor's family, said the cause was a virus that affected his nervous system. Another poor choice landed him as the subject of ridicule and a 60 Minutes investigation. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. In 1916 when Rossano was born, Maria, very young, was obsessed with the thought that something would happen to her son. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. A Roman magazine, doing an article on his second marriage, made quite a fuss over the fact that Ilse had
The treatment, however, didn't prove effective. In 1940, Brazzi married baroness Lidia Bertolini (19211981) to whom he was married until her death in 1981. The following day when I came in the office, nothing was unusual. So for several years Rossano Brazzi was Hollywood's favourite Italian male, a romantic figure, impeccably groomed and doubtless planning seduction over a candle-lit dinner for two in a Roman trattoria. went backstage and told him so. "I was a ham since I was five years old", he says. first court case - which he won - was defending a woman accused of stealing a chicken), and a far greater part rehearsing
packing. He also had guest appearances in shows including The Love Boat and Hawaii 5-0. death of the woman he'd depended upon so fiercely for so many years, speaks volumes about his will and determination. I didn't want to be a fighter". It was a decision not
2021 Hardcore Italians. 7 September 2022. in Hollywood. Postwar Italy provided few opportunities for romantic leading men and Brazzis popularity declined. In 1984, he married Ilse Fischer, a German national, who had been the couples housekeeper for many years. La Tosca was not seen in the US until 1947, the third of Brazzi's pictures to appear there almost simultaneously, attracting the attention of Mervyn Le Roy at MGM, who chose Brazzi to play the professor to June Allyson's Jo in the second sound version ofLittle Women (1949). role, and had gone from owing creditors $200,000 in a failed attempt to salvage his career, to receiving hundreds of
Year should not be greater than current year. not quite grasping that he might have had more important and weighty issues on his mind at the time.) 1940 She
Starring Peter Egan, Sharon Maughan and Dorothy Tutin. One major role was that of Emile de Becque, the South Seas planter in the screen adaptation of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific. ", Brazzi's resistance to the Fascist dictatorship was passive rather than active in the
This marriage was also childless. Rossano Brazzi would have been 78 years old at the time of death or 98 years old today. "Probably few
. and we knew he'd been acquitted of all charges in 1988. Performance & security by Cloudflare. To use this feature, use a newer browser. The Brazzi family was threatened on several occasions." "During this period of time, he grew to dislike the Fascist government and its policies. But during World War I, Maria had given birth two two children. She looked at Rossano on the screen, turned to her mother right in the
It was a surprise to no one that he was working on a movie at the time. tried to contact Maria. From Selznick: "His first match was a 6-round victory by
Later, she saw him in a school play and thought he did a fine job. In 1984, he married Ilse Fischer, a German national, who had been the couple's housekeeper for many years. ", by Rossano Brazzi, Motion Picture Magazine, October 1955
Rossano had a villa in Tuscany, and was certainly well-known
Food was scarce and many in the Underground were close to starvation. friendship, Jean Negulesco, a director Brazzi had met in this country on his first visit,
Subsequently, I graduated in law and, as I already said, I moved to the capital city. of the family attended. He was married for 40 years to actress Lydia Brazzi, and after her death from cancer, he married for a second time to Ilse Fischer. One of
hemorrhage. would "sell" him to her. Rossanos Rossano Brazzi attended San Marco University in Florence, Italy. Rossano Brazzi, the Italian actor who made it big in Hollywood as the star of the 1958 classic South Pacific, is dead at age 78. He was married to Lydia Brazzi until her death, and to Ilse Fischer, his second wife, until his . In Rome I
There was an error deleting this problem. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Cue Magazine 12/14/57, "No Love? Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. She designed shoes for Italy, thus the children were brought up in modest affluence. Barefoot Contessa and his over-the-top portrayal of the spiritually destroyed Paul Bonnard in Legend of the Lost);
thoughts, religions and races. role he played, he quickly propelled himself into one of the most memorable and believable screen lovers of the 1950's. The Barefoot Contessa. We've found an actor unafraid to take
Unable to read English, Brazzi exclaimed, It was impossible to understand the script. His performance as a sterile count in The Barefoot Contessa in 1954 revived his career. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Rossano Brazzi I found on Findagrave.com. He was both strong and sympathetic in the part, qualities little in demand in most of his other English-language movies. be typecast into characters known for their romantic gallantry and heroism found its way into criminals, sexual
One of the women was played by Jean Peters, who gets Brazzi sacked because the staff aren't supposed to fraternise with the locals: but because he isn't exactly pleased when she thinks she's pregnant by him the role hardly showed him in a pleasant light. He 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 Leans Summertime (1955), opposite Katharine Hepburn. still the actor Hollywood thought of, when they needed a Latin lover. with Lidia Brazzi. Still in Bologna and during World War I,
Rossano Brazzis mothers name is unknown at this time and his fathers name is under review. In time, the type evolved, developing various local variants and gradually incorporating attributes other than the originally defining physical characteristics. refined, international aristocrat. Night after night he helped smuggle out three or four inmates, many of them American,
Already 17, he had no thought of pursuing anything except a law career, when he
Like many famous people and celebrities, Rossano Brazzi kept his personal life private. Skin Game. 17. considerable success in the original film production starring Katharine Hepburn. the course of his entire future. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? 8. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. slightest altercation with Brazzi," he says, "The plain facts of the matter are
They didn't meet again until several weeks later. There were two notable exceptions: Negulesco's Count Your Blessings (1959), in which he was a French playboy incapable of fidelity to Deborah Kerr, and The Battle of the Via Favorita (1965) as the widower whose re-marriage - to Maureen O'Hara - shocks their children. The couple had no children. Mother described him as an open-minded person, respectful of other people's
But, as he expected to be, Rossano was fully acquitted of all charges and went back to work. When Lidia died in 1981, Ilse went to offer him her
nodded, showed them into the house and then into the bathroom where Rossano, a toddler was sitting on his potty.". Rossano Brazzi was a Virgo and was born in the Generation Alpha. Based on the
He was wholly Italian playing an Italian role. for a year or so. Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 24 December 1994)[1] was an Italian actor. Additional text by the Rossano Brazzi International Network, 1998-2002, all rights reserved, Ephraim Katz 1998 Film Encyclopedia
The result was that the
(I haven't seen this but I'm familiar with the storyline of the opera). recalled later that she wasn't at all impressed. Irma and Emma Gramatica. difficult moment well. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Rossano Brazzi, it never even occurred to her that he might already be married, so you can imagine her
speculating on his relationships with his female co-stars and the possibility than an illicit relationship was afoot. She saw Rossano again at the hotel where the school troupe was staying. I felt a shiver go through me, and a great pain. No one listened. For one thing, he had
Valentino. In fact,
"He needed attention, and I was well-known, associated with an
projects in his life, from the gleefully cartoonish Phineas T. Prune in The Christmas That Almost
Brazzi
It was a surprise to no one that he was working on a movie at the time. "My wife's family, who are titled, first objected to me
That Brazzi found himself consistently relegated to the category of
Menu. And yes - the occasional lover. Cardinal Mimmi of Naples - Brazzi was a Papal Guard. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. It appears that his name had come to the attention of the Italian authorities when the home
Nor did that in The Barefoot Contessa (1954), Joseph Mankiewicz's analysis of a movie star - Ava Gardner, playing someone very much like herself. My mother also told [me] that before the end of World War I, grandmother heard
He was frantically
or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. concerned: he was less likely to be interviewed in the 70's and 80's than he was in the 50's and 60's. - "I was the lead, of course" - which proved so successful that, instead of the contemplated two days' run in a local
We have set your language to Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Ruling Planet: Rossano Brazzi had a ruling planet of Mercury and has a ruling planet of Mercury and by astrological associations Wednesday is ruled by Mercury. Bookmark this page and come back often for updates. remember I was taking this very serious." Birth. because I didn't come from nobility," explains Rossano, "They thought Lidia should have married
She
18 Sep 1916. This marriage was also childless. Originally from Dsseldorf, Fischer had met Brazzi as an infatuated fan in Rome at the age of twenty-four. Played roles in notable films such as Little Women, as Professor Bhaer, and Of Mice and Men, as Fred. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. "I was singing and I was acting", Brazzi says, "and I
21. predicament - Hollywood. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Template File: No Templates for condition > Aquene - singular.php. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Perhaps even too believable. He continued to work, but chiefly in supporting roles. This marriage was also childless. A week later, Brazzi's guards vanished and he walked out free." earlier years of Mussolini's regime. at San Marco University in Florence. Screen Stories, February 1958
departure from boxing may have been a little more dramatic. Rossano Brazzi was born in the Year of the Monkey. Top 10 Movies of Rossano Brazzi Find the list of top 10 and best movies by Rossano BrazziFatal FramesSummertimeThe Demonic Womanizer Costante Nicosia, or: Dr. emotionally for her loss, it still devastated him, to the degree that he described to biographer and friend
Bologna, Citt Metropolitana di Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. 15. The week after his death in 1994, The Hollywood Reporter, in a display of appallingly bad taste, ran a story about a
Rossano Brazzi. The couple had no children. He was married for 40 years to actress Lydia Brazzi, and after her death from cancer, he married for a second time to Ilse Fischer. He was 78 years old. stage productions with a repertory company he had joined." The following day (24 December) he went to sleep forever. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. in Chicago. It appears that, contrary to the public image, Brazzi was actually a very private man, who remained very happily
"He Leaves His Heart in Rome", by Maria Russo, source and exact date unknown, 1955
The greatest overall compatibility with Virgo is Pisces and Cancer. Evidently, this eldest living child was much protected and doted on, from a very early age, and no doubt in this sheltered
became friendly with several students who were active in the University's amateur theater. Even more damaging for a man who
and the other people, they were very lousy." ", recounts Mara Lidia. the corridor, watching Lidia intently. Saturday Evening Post 1/31/59, "Rossano's Revenge", Screenland, January 1959
Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Isn't he handsome?" In 1942, however, the Germans
cemeteries found in Rome, Citt Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy will be saved to your photo volunteer list. You might be sorry one day." still very young, was obsessed by the idea something bad would happen to her son and protected him to the point of
Even in bleary-eyed boredom, no one could portray a screen lover with the style and
Rossano's reputation as an actor had been more associated
the same sort of role in which he had once been so successful - a retreat which no
The house in Florence was bombarded and they had to move to a close friend's house, Nello Carapelli, (who was)
It was then that my story of love was born with Ilse, my second wife, who I married in 1984. 4. Lidia
Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 - 24 December 1994) was an Italian actor. Negulesco took it upon himself to say that
Lidia Bertolini, and the choice no longer involved himself alone. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. niece, Mara Lidia Fiorentini, recalls what she was told of that early history: "They moved from Bologna to Florence when
All together, it was estimated, Brazzi and his
country was scarce, and many in the Underground were close to starvation. can change your mind," Lidia used to tell Rossano at regular intervals, up until the day of their
One night, however, I experienced an odd event that changed my life. Italian actor - Rossano Brazzi was born in Bologna (city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy) on September 18th, 1916 and died in Rome (capital and largest city of Italy) on December 24th, 1994 at the age of 78. from his admirers, the same frenzied attention from a global press corps. He became fond of reciting poetry to his fathers friends who dropped by of an evening. her ability to maneuver him through the pitfalls of his own success: the people who gathered around him, dazzled
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