Nico Pepe | |
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| Born | Domenico Pepe 19 January 1917 |
| Died | 13 August 1987 (aged 70) Udine, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1936–1981 |
Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981. [1]
Born in Udine, after a bachelor's degree in business Pepe got a job as a banking clerk, which he quit to perform in the theater company led by Roldano Lupi and Paola Borboni. [2] He later entered some of the major companies of the time, working among others with Vittorio De Sica, Dina Galli, Ruggero Ruggeri and Sergio Tofano. [2] In the second post-war, he served as artistic director of several theaters, including the Teatro Stabile di Torino . [2] Starting from Giorgio Strehler's 1953 rendition of Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author and until late 1970s he frequently worked at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. [2]
Also active in films, radio and television and as a dubber, he retired from acting in the early 1980s, and in his late years directed a theater school in the Friulian language. [2] He was married to actress Clara Auteri . [2]
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