Aldo Fabrizi was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and comedian, best known for the role of the heroic priest in Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City and as partner of Totò in a number of successful comedies.
Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmina Omiccioli, was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy, and had the leading role in Le amiche. She appeared in Un maledetto imbroglio. In 1960, for her performance in Estate violenta, she won the best actress prize of the Mar del Plata Film Festival and the Nastro d'argento. In 1964, she appeared in La Cittadella. She died in Palermo, Italy.
Anna Maria Ferrero was an Italian actress.
Mario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966.
Carlo Ninchi was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1963.
Clelia Matania was an Italian film and voice actress.
Marisa Merlini was an Italian character actress active in Italy's post-World War II cinema. Merlini appeared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned from World War II to 2005. In Luigi Comencini's 1953 film Pane, amore e fantasia, she portrayed Annarella, a village midwife, who marries the local police marshal, played by Vittorio De Sica.
Nerino "Nerio" Bernardi was an Italian stage and film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1970.
Luigi Pavese was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Franca Marzi was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977.
Carlo Croccolo was an Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter.
Liana Del Balzo was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1979. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died in Rome, Italy. Even making her film debut quite late, in her forty, Del Balzo was one of the most active character actresses in the Italian cinema, usually cast in humorous roles. She was also active on stage and in the operetta, in which she met her husband-to-be, the tenor Guido Agnoletti.
Giulio Calì was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1927 and 1966.
The Passaguai Family is a 1951 Italian comedy film written, starring and directed by Aldo Fabrizi. It also featured Peppino De Filippo, Ave Ninchi and Giovanna Ralli. It was followed by a sequel The Passaguai Family Gets Rich in 1952. It follows the misadventures of a lower middle-class family and their friends from Rome when they take a day's outing at the seaside.
Carlo Sposito was an Italian character actor, sometimes credited as Carletto Sposito.
The list of the 100 Italian films to be saved was created with the aim to report "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". Film preservation, or film restoration, describes a series of ongoing efforts among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and non-profit organizations to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the images they contain. In the widest sense, preservation assures that a movie will continue to exist in as close to its original form as possible.
Zoe Incrocci was an Italian actress and voice actress.
Dina Perbellini was an Italian actress. She appeared in over sixty films and television series between 1934 and 1969 and was also a leading voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in Italy.
Rosa Pisano was an Italian stage, film and television actress.
Pietro Carloni was an Italian stage and film actor.
