Gualtiero Tumiati
Gualtiero Tumiati ( 8 May 1876 – 23 April 1971) was an Italian actor and stage director.
Gualtiero Tumiati | |
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Died | 23 April 1971 94) | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Life and career
Born in Ferrara, Tumiati studied at the College of the Oaks in Florence and there he attended the acting courses held by Luigi Rasi.[1] He later graduated in law and while working as an apprentice lawyer at his father's law firm he started performing in some local stage companies.[1] Tumiati's breakout role was Cyrano de Bergerac in a critically acclaimed representation of the Edmond Rostand's eponymous play held in 1910.[1] With his wife, the actress and painter Beryl Hight, in 1928 Tumiati founded the "Sala Azzurra" ("Blue Room"), one of the first Avant-garde theaters in Italy.[2][3] He taught acting at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome and at the Accademia dei filodrammatici in Milan. Gone blind, his last role was in the blind Tiresias in a representation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex held in 1969 in the La Scala theatre.[1][4]
Selected filmography
- Casta Diva (1935)
- Malombra (1942)
- The Adulteress (1946)
- The Ways of Sin (1946)
- Eugenia Grandet (1946)
- The Captain's Daughter (1947)
- Daniele Cortis (1947)
- Bullet for Stefano (1947)
- The Legend of Faust (1949)
- Nobody's Children (1951)
- The Forbidden Christ (1951)
- I tre corsari (1952)
- The Dream of Zorro (1952)
- Falsehood (1952)
- Don Juan's Night of Love (1952)
- Who is Without Sin (1952)
- Il Tenente Giorgio (1952)
- Noi peccatori (1953)
- The Merchant of Venice (1953)
- The Ship of Condemned Women (1953)
- Guai ai vinti (1954)
- Ulysses (1954)
- Rigoletto e la sua tragedia (1956)
References
- Alfredo Testoni, Paola Daniela Giovanelli. La Società teatrale in Italia fra Otto e Novecento. Bulzoni, 1984.
- Danilo Ruocco. Tatiana Pavlova, diva intelligente. Bulzoni, 2000.
- Anna Maria Fioravanti Baraldi, Francesca Mellone. 4a Biennale Donna--1990: presenze femminili nella vita artistica a Ferrara tra Ottocento e Novecento. Liberty House, 1990.
- Leonardo Bragaglia. Ritratti d'attore. P.E. Persiani, 2007.