Hugo Tognazzi is an Italian film and theater actor, film director. Hugo Tognazzi (at the birth of Ottavio Tognazzi) was born on March 23, 1922 in the city of Cremona in the family of an insurance inspector of a small company. Already at the age of four, the boy first appeared on the stage of the Donizetti di Bergamo Theatre. Father from birth, Hugo predicted his career as a successful violinist, but due to the complete lack of hearing in his son, his dreams never came true. The boy’s mother wanted
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Hugo Tognazzi is an Italian film and theater actor, film director.
Hugo Tognazzi (at the birth of Ottavio Tognazzi) was born on March 23, 1922 in the city of Cremona in the family of an insurance inspector of a small company. Already at the age of four, the boy first appeared on the stage of the Donizetti di Bergamo Theatre. Father from birth, Hugo predicted his career as a successful violinist, but due to the complete lack of hearing in his son, his dreams never came true. The boy’s mother wanted to see him as a priest, but the child decided to choose his own way of life. In 1936, at the age of fourteen, he began working at the Negroni sausage factory, and then actively performed in concert brigades during World War II. In 1944 he began working as an archivist in his hometown. Since 1945 he began to perform in Rome in famous theater groups. One of them was the comedy troupe of Vittorio Caprioli.
Hugo’s film career began in 1950 with a small role in the film “Boys-Cadets” directed by Mario Mattoli.
In 1954-1960, with great success, Ugo Tognazzi performs sketches and comic numbers on Italian TV in the show Raimondo Vianello, where over time he also becomes a co-host.
In the early 60s, after successful roles in the films “The Fascist Leader” and “How Joyful to Live”, the actor began to pay attention to well-known film critics, and in 1965 he received the “Golden Ribbon” for his supporting role in the film “I Knew Her Well”. In the future, the talented actor was awarded this award twice more.
In 1967, he was nominated for the Golden Bear, and in 1968 for the Golden Globe for best actor in the comedy Amoral.
In 1972, Hugo Tognazzi brilliantly copes with the role of the Master in the first film adaptation of the novel.
Master and Margarita , directed by Yugoslav director Alexander Petrovich.
In the 1980s, the actor mainly worked in the theater.
The most popular Toniazzi bring roles in films
"Big Grass" Ferreri, Renato Baldi and the trilogy
"Cage for eccentrics" Eduardo Molinaro.
In 1981, Hugo received the Cannes IFF Award for Best Actor in the drama The Tragedy of a Funny Man directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
For forty years of work in the cinema Tognazzi was played more than 140 roles, and he was rightly called one of the most famous masters of “Italian comedy”.
He was married to actress Franca Betoya and raised two children. He died of a stroke on October 27, 1990.