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Rossano Brazzi(1916-1994)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Director
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Rossano Brazzi in Legend of the Lost (1957)
Homicidal sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo is tasked with escorting a mobster to Malta. When the prisoner escapes, Geronimo goes to catch him.
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Rossano Brazzi was an Italian stage and film actor. He was married to Lydia Brazzi until her death, and to Ilse Fischer, his second wife, until his death.

He's most familiar to English-speaking audiences for his role as Emile De Becque in South Pacific (1958), playing opposite Mitzi Gaynor.

He died in Rome of complications following a neural virus, on December 24, 1994.
BornSeptember 18, 1916
DiedDecember 24, 1994(78)
BornSeptember 18, 1916
DiedDecember 24, 1994(78)
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Rossano Brazzi in The Final Conflict (1981)
Joan Crawford and Rossano Brazzi in The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
June Allyson, Rossano Brazzi, and Françoise Rosay in Interlude (1957)
Rossano Brazzi in Interlude (1957)
Rossano Brazzi and Shirley Jones in Dark Purpose (1964)
George Sanders, Rossano Brazzi, and Shirley Jones in Dark Purpose (1964)
Rossano Brazzi and Shirley Jones in Dark Purpose (1964)
Rossano Brazzi, Shirley Jones, and Giorgia Moll in Dark Purpose (1964)
Rossano Brazzi and Shirley Jones in Dark Purpose (1964)
Rossano Brazzi and Christine Carère in A Certain Smile (1958)
Rossano Brazzi in The Final Conflict (1981)
Rossano Brazzi and Fikret Hakan in Sex of the Devil (1971)

Known for

Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner in The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
The Barefoot Contessa
6.9
  • Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini
  • 1954
Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor in South Pacific (1958)
South Pacific
6.8
  • Emile De Becque
  • 1958
The Italian Job (1969)
The Italian Job
7.2
  • Beckerman
  • 1969
Rossano Brazzi, Louis Jourdan, Dorothy McGuire, Maggie McNamara, Jean Peters, and Clifton Webb in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Three Coins in the Fountain
6.2
  • Giorgio Bianchi
  • 1954

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Actor

  • Fatal Frames (1996)
    Fatal Frames
  • Mort d'un zombie (1993)
    Mort d'un zombie
  • Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
    Ruth Rendell Mysteries
  • Tushka Bergen in Blaues Blut (1988)
    Blaues Blut
  • Margaret Whitton in A Fine Romance (1989)
    A Fine Romance
  • La collina del diavolo (1988)
    La collina del diavolo
  • The Third Solution (1988)
    The Third Solution
  • Honor Thy Father (1986)
    Honor Thy Father
  • Daniel Gélin and Michèle Morgan in Le tiroir secret (1986)
    Le tiroir secret
  • La vallée des peupliers
  • 7, Hyden Park: la casa maledetta (1985)
    7, Hyden Park: la casa maledetta
  • Christopher Columbus (1985)
    Christopher Columbus
  • Final Justice (1984)
    Final Justice
  • Elvira's Movie Macabre (1981)
    Elvira's Movie Macabre
  • Tom Berenger, Melanie Griffith, Billy Dee Williams, and Jack Scalia in Fear City (1984)
    Fear City

Writer

  • Vita segreta di una diciottenne (1969)
    Vita segreta di una diciottenne
  • Nino Castelnuovo, Alberto de Mendoza, Adrienne Larussa, and Lia Tanzi in Psychout for Murder (1969)
    Psychout for Murder
  • Il diario segreto di una minorenne (è nata una donna) (1968)
    Il diario segreto di una minorenne (è nata una donna)
  • Criminal Affair (1968)
    Criminal Affair
  • The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966)
    The Christmas That Almost Wasn't

Director

  • Nino Castelnuovo, Alberto de Mendoza, Adrienne Larussa, and Lia Tanzi in Psychout for Murder (1969)
    Psychout for Murder
    • (as Edward Ross)
  • Criminal Affair (1968)
    Criminal Affair
    • (as Edward Ross)
  • The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966)
    The Christmas That Almost Wasn't

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Rome Adventure
Trailer 3:38
Rome Adventure
Light in the Piazza
Trailer 2:37
Light in the Piazza
Three Coins in the Fountain
Trailer 3:37
Three Coins in the Fountain
South Pacific
Trailer 1:17
South Pacific
Omen III: The Final Conflict
Trailer 1:51
Omen III: The Final Conflict

Personal details

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    • Official Network of Rossano Brazzi
    • September 18, 1916
    • Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
    • December 24, 1994
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy(neural virus)
    • 1984 - December 24, 1994 (his death)
  • Unsold pilot: Appeared in a pilot for ABC-TV called "Portrait of Gina", produced / directed by Orson Welles.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 2 Articles
    • 4 Pictorials
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Lost both parents to the Fascist Italian government and, according to some sources, was active in the Resistance during the war.
  • Quotes
    Sometimes my face is more beautiful than the leading lady's.

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