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Aleramo, Sibilla b. August 14, 1876 d. January 13, 1960
Author, Social Reformer. Born Rina Faccio in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy, her first novel, "A Woman" was published in 1906 and republished in 1973. It gained wide acclaim for it's autobiographical telling the story of her escape from a forced marriage to a man who had raped her and of her struggle to live independently as a woman and a writer at the beginning of the twentieth century. Her other works include "Diary of a Woman," "Moving and Being," "The Crossing" and "Letters." (Bio by: MC)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Plot: Section 61
Almirante, Italia b. June 4, 1890 d. September 16, 1941
Actress. Considered one of the great divas of the Italian silent cinema, she was born into a family of actors. Beginning her career at a young age she started performing with various theatrical companies. She made her film debut starring in the film "Maria di Magdala" (1910) directed by Mario Caserini, which was followed by films such as "Il poverello di Assisi" (1911) and "Sul sentiero della vipera" (1912). The fame came with the film "Cabiria" (1914) by Giovanni Pastrone, which...[Read More] (Bio by: Ruggero)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Amendola, Ferruccio b. July 22, 1930 d. September 3, 2001
Actor, dubber. The nephew of director/writer Mario Amendola, he made his cinema debut in the early 1930s. After years of revue stage, cinema and TV, he devoted himself almost exclusively to dubbing and he gave his voice to some of the biggest male stars in Hollywood; including Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in the Italian versions of their movies. He also dubbed Sylvester Stallone in the "Rocky" and "Rambo" films and Bill Cosby in his long-running television comedy show. (Bio by: MC)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Bava, Mario b. July 31, 1914 d. April 25, 1980
Italian Film Director and Screenwriter. He is considered the master of Italian horror cinema. He directed 72 films, including The Mask of Satan (1960) and Kill, Baby, Kill (1966). He became known for creating special effects and cinematographic tricks in an age when digital effects did not yet exist. (Bio by: Ruggero)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Blasetti, Alessandro b. July 3, 1900 d. February 1, 1987
Director, Actor, Screenwriter. A precursor of Italian neorealism with Vittorio De Sica, and Roberto Rossellini. He played himself in Luchino Visconti's film "Bellissima", which starred Anna Magnani, and was the talent scout of Marcello Mastroianni. In 1982 he won the "Golden Lion" at Venice Film Festival. (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Cagiano de Azevedo, Ottavio b. November 7, 1845 d. July 11, 1927
Roman Catholic Cardinal. A native of Frosinone, near Veroli, he studied at the Seminary of Grottaferrata. He was ordained priest, on September 1868. From 1868 to 1874, he did pastoral work in Rome. In 1874, he became Canon of the patriarchal Liberian basilica, in Rome and fourteen years later, in 1886, he took the same function for the patriarchal Vatican basilica. He was made Master of the Papal Chamber, in 1892 and Papal Majordomo, on May 29, 1901. Pope Pius X created him cardinal, on...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Plot: Tomb of the Order of Servants of Mary
Carotenuto, Mario b. June 29, 1915 d. April 14, 1995
Italian Actor. Among his films are "Pane, Amore e..." (1955), "Il Segreto Delle Rose" (1958), "Pan, Amor y... Andalucía" (1959), "Il Mattatore" (1960), "Satyricon" (1968), "Boccaccio" (1972) and "Romanzo di un Giovane Povero" (1995), his last film. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Caserini, Mario b. February 26, 1874 d. November 17, 1920
Motion Picture Director. Best known for being one of the pioneers and founders of Italian cinema, he became a legend in the film industry in the early twentieth century. In 1899, Caserini was director of an pantomime company composed of children, but soon left this work to become an actor, and later director of a dramatic company. After this short theatrical period, he began working for the cinema at the Cines in Rome making his debut as a film director with the film "II romanzo di un Pierrot" (...[Read More] (Bio by: Ruggero)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Corbucci, Sergio b. December 6, 1927 d. December 1, 1990
Film director. He started his career as a film critic, moved on to assistant director to, among others, Roberto Rossellini, then finally began directing in the early 1950s. Most famous for his contributions to the 'Spaghetti Western genre,' he is fondly remembered for directing films such as "Minnesota Clay," "Django," "The Great Silence" and "Two Colonels." (Bio by: MC)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Cortes, Urbano Cardinal b. May 25, 1920 d. November 22, 2010
Roman Catholic Cardinal. He was a longtime canon lawyer and professor. Raised in an agricultural family divided by the Spanish Civil War, he joined the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1937; after earning degrees in philosophy and theology, he obtained a doctorate in canon law with a specialty in marriage law. Ordained a Priest in 1952, he assumed a faculty position at Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he was professor and dean of Canon Law until becoming Rector of the school in 1980...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
D'Amico, Suso b. July 21, 1914 d. July 31, 2010
Screenwriter. In a long career, she authored the scripts for well over 100 Italian films. Born Giovanna Cecchi to a distinguished artistic family, she was quickly renamed "Susanna", which eventually got shortened to "Suso"; after education in Switzerland and England, she worked as a government secretary and translator, and in 1938 married journalist Fedele D'Amico (deceased 1990). After being forced into hiding during World War II, she was a literary translator, then began screenwriting around...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
De Filippo, Eduardo b. May 24, 1900 d. October 31, 1984
Actor and playwright. Fondly remembered in films such as: "Three Girls from Rome," "Side Street Story" and "The Gold of Naples," with Silvana Mangano and Totò. He also wrote and collaborated on films with such directors as [Read More] (Bio by: MC)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
De Filippo, Peppino b. August 24, 1903 d. January 27, 1980
Actor. Brother of actor Eduardo De Filippo, he made his stage debut at the age of six. He played in films such as: "Rome-Paris-Rome," "Variety Lights," "A Day in Court" and "Ferdinand I, King of Naples." (Bio by: MC)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
De Sica, Vittorio b. July 7, 1901 d. November 13, 1974
Italian Actor and Motion Picture Director. He is considered one of the most important Italian directors of all times, the founder of Italian Neorrealism. As an actor, he appeared in almost 150 films, such as "Pane, Amore e Fantasia" (1953), "Il Bigamo" (1956), "Il Generale Della Rovere" (1959), "Io,Io,Io...e Gli Altri" (1965) and "Il Delitto Matteotti" (11973). As director is remembered for "Ladri di Biciclette" (1948), "Miracolo a Milano" (1951), "Umberto D." (1952), "Stazzione Termini" (1953)...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Deledda, Grazia b. September 27, 1871 d. August 15, 1926
Writer. The first Italian woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. She published her first story in 1886 when she was fifteen. Author of thirty-three novels and many books of short stories, almost all of them set in Sardinia. Among her better-known works are "Elias Portolu," "Reeds in the Wind" and "Cosima." (Bio by: MC)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Plot: Section 34
Fabrizi, Aldo b. November 1, 1905 d. April 2, 1990
Italian Actor, Writer and Director. He appeared as actor in films such as "Roma, Città Aperta" (1945), "Vivere in Pace" (1947), "Vita da Cani" (1950), "Guardie e Ladri" (1951), "Parigi è Sempre Pariggi" (1952), "El Maestro" (1957), "The Angel Wore Red" (1960), "Totò Contra I 4" (1963) and "Nerone" (1977). (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Ferrara, Franco b. July 4, 1911 d. September 7, 1985
Conductor. Born in Palermo, Italy, he was one of his country's most highly regarded conductors and musical directors. In the 1950s, after many years of performing he stopped performing and concentrated on a teaching career. He lectured conducting attended by students from around the world as well as traveling to other countries himself teaching on the International music scene. Students taught by Ferrara in all courses for more than thirty years resulted in 600 or more reached international...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Plot: Altipiano Pincetto - riq.15, tomba 11
Ferri, Gabriella b. September 18, 1942 d. April 3, 2004
Popular Italian Singer. Her biggest hit was "Sempre" (Always). In the 1970s she starred in several TV shows. (Bio by: Laurie)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Firbank, Ronald b. January 17, 1886 d. May 21, 1926
Novelist. Influenced by the "Decadent" movement of the 1890's, his books describe a whimsical universe peopled with bizarre characters and are noted for their elegance and razor-sharp wit. "Valmouth" (1918), probably his most famous novel, takes place in an English village where proper society ladies practice religion and pursue men, and where the homosexual hero comes home with a black bride. It was made into a successful London musical in 1958. Firbank's other novels include "Vainglory" (...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Fortuny, Mariano b. July 11, 1838 d. November 21, 1874
Spanish Painter in the 19th century. Among his works are "Marroquíes," "La Odalisca," "La Batalla de Tetuán," "Viejo Desnudo al Sol," and "La Vicaría." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano, Rome, Provincia di Roma, Lazio, Italy

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