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Dario Fo(1926-2016)

  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Costume Designer
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Dario Fo
‘The Puppeteers,’ narrated by Academy Award Winner Ernest Borgnine, featuring interviews with Nobel Prize Winner Dario Fo, and Academy Award Winner director Bernardo Bertolucci, is a documentary that goes behind the scenes of the puppet theater, and into the lives of the Ferrari family, one of Italy’s most famous families of puppeteers. Gimmi Ferrari, a master puppeteer, reveals the mysteries of the puppet theater, and gives us an inside look at the art of puppet making, a family tradition that has been passed down for four generations. Against a background of entertaining and colourful puppets, it brings to mind the patriarchal family of Italy, it’s culture of the countryside, the anthropology of it’s people, but above all, illustrates the values of talent, hard work, intelligence, and especially sacrifice.
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Dario Fo was born on 24 March 1926 in Sangiano, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for The Betrothed (1989), It Happened in Rome (1957) and Lo svitato (1956). He was married to Franca Rame. He died on 13 October 2016 in Milan, Italy.
BornMarch 24, 1926
DiedOctober 13, 2016(90)
BornMarch 24, 1926
DiedOctober 13, 2016(90)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins total

Known for

The Betrothed (1989)
The Betrothed
6.3
TV Mini Series
  • Azzeccagarbugli
Vittorio De Sica, Isabelle Corey, June Laverick, and Ingeborg Schöner in It Happened in Rome (1957)
It Happened in Rome
5.7
  • Writer
  • 1957
Lo svitato (1956)
Lo svitato
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1956
Rosso e nero (1954)
Rosso e nero
  • Writer
  • 1954

Credits

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Writer



  • Saiko (2023)
    Saiko
    Short
    • play: Steal a Bit Less
    • 2023
  • Leonardo Thimo in The Accidental Death of an Anarchist (2021)
    The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
    9.1
    TV Mini Series
    • play
    • 2021
  • Accidental Death of an Anarchist
    Video
    • written by
    • 2020
  • La fantastica storia di Marc Chagall
    • written by
    • 2016
  • Zeta Pasparaki in Confession (2015)
    Confession
    Short
    • written by
    • 2015
  • La puta en el manicomio
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2015
  • Yo, Ulrike, grito (2015)
    Yo, Ulrike, grito
    Short
    • co-writer
    • 2015
  • Dario Fo: Lu santo jullare Francesco
    TV Special
    • Writer
    • 2014
  • La roulotte de la rencontre: 'La Vita Bella!' (2010)
    La roulotte de la rencontre: 'La Vita Bella!'
    Short
    • writer: "Récits de femmes et autres histoires"
    • 2010
  • Rise and Shine (2006)
    Rise and Shine
    7.6
    Short
    • adapted from the play "Rise and Shine" by
    • 2006
  • Matka Reimsiin
    TV Movie
    • libretto revisions
    • 2003
  • Estudio 1 (1965)
    Estudio 1
    7.8
    TV Series
    • play
    • 2002
  • Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe (2002)
    Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe
    6.3
    • dialogue
    • play
    • 2002
  • Television Theater (1953)
    Television Theater
    7.7
    TV Series
    • drama
    • 2000
  • The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
    • Writer
    • 1998

Actor



  • Sweet Democracy (2016)
    Sweet Democracy
    3.8
    • 2016
  • Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe (2002)
    Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe
    6.3
    • Johan Padan (veccho) (voice)
    • 2002
  • Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002)
    Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
    8.7
    TV Series
    • 2002
  • How the Toys Saved Christmas (1996)
    How the Toys Saved Christmas
    6.5
    • Scarafoni (voice)
    • 1996
  • The Betrothed (1989)
    The Betrothed
    6.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Azzeccagarbugli
    • 1989
  • Musica per vecchi animali (1989)
    Musica per vecchi animali
    7.1
    • Lucio Lucertola
    • 1989
  • Il primo miracolo di Gesù bambino
    Video
    • 1985
  • Cantamaggio
    Short
    • 1978
  • Dario Fo and Franca Rame in Smid damen ud (1968)
    Smid damen ud
    TV Movie
    • 1968
  • Follie d'estate (1963)
    Follie d'estate
    4.6
    • Gangster
    • 1963
  • Monetine da cinque lire
    TV Movie
    • 1959
  • Domenica è sempre domenica (1958)
    Domenica è sempre domenica
    5.8
    • The Silk Stockings Salesman
    • 1958
  • March's Child (1958)
    March's Child
    6.5
    • Cantante in osteria (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Rascel-Fifì (1957)
    Rascel-Fifì
    4.9
    • Pupo - il biondo
    • 1957
  • Vittorio De Sica, Isabelle Corey, June Laverick, and Ingeborg Schöner in It Happened in Rome (1957)
    It Happened in Rome
    5.7
    • Carlino - il guida tursitico a Bologna (uncredited)
    • 1957

Costume Designer



  • L'Italiana in Algeri, Dramma giocoso per musica in due atti di Angelo Anelli (2007)
    L'Italiana in Algeri, Dramma giocoso per musica in due atti di Angelo Anelli
    6.0
    Video
    • Costume Designer
    • 2007
  • Matka Reimsiin
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 2003
  • Richard Croft and Jennifer Larmore in Il barbiere di Siviglia (1992)
    Il barbiere di Siviglia
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 1992
  • Dario Fo and Franca Rame in Smid damen ud (1968)
    Smid damen ud
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 1968

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Personal details

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  • Height
    • 6′ (1.83 m)
  • Born
    • March 24, 1926
    • Sangiano, Lombardy, Italy
  • Died
    • October 13, 2016
    • Milan, Italy(respiratory problems)
  • Spouse
    • Franca RameJune 24, 1954 - May 29, 2013 (her death, 1 child)
  • Children
    • Jacopo Fo
  • Relatives
    • Jaele Fo(Grandchild)
  • Other works
    His play, "Can't Pay? Won't Pay!", was performed at the Criterion Theatre in London, England with Alfred Molina, Maggie Steed and Sylvester McCoy in the cast.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 2 Articles

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  • Trivia
    Winner of the 1997 Nobel prize for literature.
  • Quotes
    I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate.

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