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Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 – 24 December 1994) [1] was an Italian actor. He moved to Hollywood in 1948 and was propelled to international fame with his role in the English-language film Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), followed by the leading male role in David Lean 's Summertime (1955), opposite Katharine Hepburn . [ 2 ]
Fatal Frames was conceived by music video director Festa and his wife, the singer Stefania Stella. The two developed the film in the style of 1970s Italian thrillers. During filming, the film ran out of production money leading to filming being halted. During this period, two key actors died: Donald Pleasence and Rossano Brazzi.
Lydia Brazzi, the wife of actor Rossano Brazzi, was hand-picked by De Sica for the role of the Fox's mother, despite her protests that she was not an actress. [5] Lando Buzzanca appears as the chief of police in Sevalio. Simon recalled that the Italian supporting cast learned their English lines phonetically. [5]
The Story of Esther Costello is a 1957 British drama film directed by David Miller and starring Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi and Heather Sears. [2] It was produced by Miller and Jack Clayton. The screenplay by Charles Kaufman was based on the 1952 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film is a story of ...
Mitzi Gaynor has died at the age of 93, her management team announced in a statement on Thursday, Oct. 17.. The actress was best known for her roles in movie musicals in the 1950s, most notably ...
Rossano Brazzi was cast as Emile, a role that was first offered to such established stars as Charles Boyer, Howard Keel, and Fernando Lamas. [5] Ray Walston, a noted Broadway musical actor, played the part of Seabee Luther Billis, which he had previously played on stage in London. [6]
She played Nellie Forbush, a naive young nurse from Arkansas stationed in the Pacific during World War Two who falls in love with Emile De Becque, a French expatriate planter played by Rossano Brazzi.
Summertime is a 1955 romantic comedy drama film directed by David Lean, and starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin, and Isa Miranda.It follows a lonely middle-aged American secretary and her experiences touring Venice alone for the first time, during which she falls in love with an Italian antiques dealer.