Paolo Villaggio was an Italian actor, voice actor, writer, director and comedian.
10 Facts About Paolo Villaggio
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Paolo Villaggio is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid Giandomenico Fracchia, and the obsequious and meek accountant Ugo Fantozzi, perhaps the favourite character in Italian comedy.
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Paolo Villaggio acted in dramatic roles, and appeared in several movies.
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Paolo Villaggio was born in Genova, to Ettore Villaggio, a surveyor originally from Palermo, and Maria, originally from Venice, a German-language teacher.
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Paolo Villaggio has received several cinema awards, including the David di Donatello, the Nastro d'Argento and the Golden Lion for his entire career.
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Paolo Villaggio has been directed by Federico Fellini, Lina Wertmuller, by Ermanno Olmi, by Mario Monicelli, and by Gabriele Salvatores.
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Paolo Villaggio moved to the Mondadori publishing house in 1994.
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Paolo Villaggio published Fantozzi saluta e se ne va, Vita morte e miracoli di un pezzo di merda, 7 grammi in 70 anni and his latest, Sono incazzato come una belva in 2004.
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Paolo Villaggio acted in stage plays, playing Arpagone in L'Avare of Moliere in 1996.
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Paolo Villaggio died on 3 July 2017 from complications of diabetes in Rome at the age of 84.