Naples capital of variety is also the birthplace of Benjamin who was born in May 1907.
third of twelve children (*), of a family of actors (the father Domenico May said Mimi, fine speaker, and his mother Antoinette Gravante, heir to the famous family of circus Gravante the "Car of Thespis"), very small , is already on stage and learn the craft nell'avanspettacolo to get from the great magazine and up to date, even to the movies.
A bad fall during a number of acrobatic all'Alambra Taranto marked his life forever, forcing him to wear an artificial leather.
often is paired with his brother Dante. Like all his generation of artists sings, recites in a swirl of multi-faceted capacity at the service of comedy and brilliant tradition of the show. In 1954, after the mess he made his hard work is the recognition that the writing of Edward the fledgling company. The debut is the historic inauguration of the theater Ferdinand after reconstruction.
On television comedy will come through the G & G "Rinaldo in campo", in 1963, where his brother Dante will fall, with success, in roles that were already in theater Franchi Ingrassia (see post dedicated to them). During his career will appear in hundreds of shows as a character, he participated in numerous films, always paying his sincerity and his funny face that made him so beloved by the public.
His latest show "Na evening ... and in May" will shoot in Italy as a salute to the side with her beloved sisters Pupella and Rosalia. The stage to snatch a stroke, the public and gripping adventure of a lifetime of performance in September 1990.
*) "The beautiful Antoinette Gravante, the daughter of circus Marano, was on stage to duet with her husband Mimi May until the curtain falls. (...) When Mimi, having made an appointment with his fellow stage for the next day in the same theater at the railway went into the dressing room, Antoinette gave him no time to change, "Mimi, it's coming, take me home immediately or else I do end up here." The time to reach the South Course, on a cart pulled by a horse and Benjamin born: Aug. 6, 1907. Third of 16 children, the most numerous and varied tribes of the Italian theater, created by a narrow margin a short distance from the boards for 75 years will be his second skin, love for the stage already in the mother cell "
's sister Benjamin Pupella, actress herself, it will have the honor of being born in 1910 in the dressing room ... here it is in
"Na evening ... and May"
in "Rinaldo in the" G & G
0 comments:
Post a Comment