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Brazzi was born in Bologna and attended San Marco University, in Florence, Italy, a city in which he lived since age 4. He made his film debut in a 1939 Italian film.
Brazzi had an extensive filmography, much of it in Italian and French films, but the film that propelled him to international fame was Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), a Hollywood blockbuster, followed by the leading male role in David Lean`s romance Summertime (1955). Other Brazzi`s notable roles include an early Hollywood part in Little Women (1948), as well as visible roles in The Story of Esther Costello (1957), South Pacific (1958), The Barefoot Contessa, The Light in the Piazza (1962), and as the murdered "Roger Beckermann" in The Italian Job. In 1966, he starred in the family feature, The Christmas That Almost Wasn`t. In 1940, Brazzi married baroness Lidia Bertolini (1921-1981), to whom he stayed married until her death. The couple had no children. In 1982, he married the German Ilse Fischer. There were no children from the marriage. Brazzi died in Rome on Christmas Eve 1994 at the age of 78, from a neural virus. Biography Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossano_Brazzi |
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 "Sometimes my face is more beautiful than the leading lady`s."Trivia Was a native of Bologna and studied law in Florence before World War II. Lost both parents to the Fascist Italian government and, according to some sources, was active in the Resistance during the war. Attended San Marco University in Florence, Italy, a city in which he lived since the age of four. In 1940, Brazzi married Florentine Baroness Lidia Bertolini (1921-1981). She developed a serious endocrine dysfunction and the couple was unable to have children. She died of pancreatic cancer in 1981. A year after his wife`s death he married a German woman, Ilse Fischer. She survived him. Made films in France, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Great Britain. He starred in several popular telenovelas and TV movies in Italy and at least two European (and one American) television series. A respected stage director in Italy. Ths son of Adelmo, a shoemaker who later owned a leather factory, and Maria Ghedini Brazzi. His baptismal name stems from the fact that his father, when Rossano was conceived, was in military service and stationed in Rossano Veneto. Rossano as well as his siblings, Oscar and Franca, often worked for their father. As a young man, Rossano was quite athletic -- soccer, swimming, tennis, golf, fencing and boxing. He was particularly good at soccer, and assumed the role of goalkeeper for the Florentine college team, where he stayed for two years. During his university years he was also an amateur boxer. He quit boxing when he unintentionally but seriously hurt an opponent. In 1937, in his twenties, he earned his law degree, and was sent by his father to practice law in Rome with an established lawyer who was a friend of the family. While there he was approached by a theatrical company. Uncle of Fabrizio Brazzi. Brother of Oscar Brazzi. Claimed he could see the future in his dreams. He foretold his first girlfriend`s illness/death, as well as wife Lydia`s illness/death before their illnesses were even diagnosed. Was a Freemason. After being arrested for involvement in arms smuggling, he was fully acquitted of all charges at this trial in Venice (1985). | ||
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