13 Facts About Florencio Parravicini

Florencio Parravicini was an Argentine actor who primarily worked during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema, performing on both stage and in films.

Florencio Parravicini began his career singing musica criolla, a Latino folk genre of music that exists in many countries throughout Latin America.

Florencio Parravicini appeared in more than three hundred theatrical works and films, becoming one of the leading figures of Argentine entertainment.

Florencio Bartolome Parravicini Romero Cazon was born on 24 August 1876 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Reinaldo Florencio Parravicini, was the director of the penitentiary and his grandfather had been an Italian marquis who owned a large landed estate.

Florencio Parravicini returned to Argentina and for a while worked as a smuggler in Puerto Deseado, but made his way back to Buenos Aires.

Florencio Parravicini was acting in low-class cafes and variety shows, when he was seen by Ulises Favaro, who introduced Parravicini to Pepe Podesta in 1906.

Florencio Parravicini was most known for his improvisation, dropping words that were not in the script in suggestive manners to elicit laughter which the audiences loved.

Florencio Parravicini helped many actresses get their start in the business including Amelia Bence, Olinda Bozan, Mecha Ortiz, Paulina Singerman and others.

Florencio Parravicini next ventured into silent films as writer and director, working in collaboration with Enrique Ernesto Gunche and Eduardo Martinez de la Pera on the film Hasta despues de muerta, which he wrote and acted in.

Florencio Parravicini opted to try his hand at politics and ran in the 1926 municipal elections on the ticket of the "Partido Gente de Teatro" and actually won a seat.

When Florencio Parravicini next appeared in film, the picture, Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina directed by Manuel Romero co-starring with Santiago Arrieta, Irma Cordoba and Mecha, became a classic of Argentine film.

Florencio Parravicini's move into movies came about largely because he was tired of being typecast as a comic.