Pippo Santonastaso

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Pippo Santonastaso
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Pippo Santonastaso (right) with his brother Mario
Born
Giuseppe Santonastaso

(1936-05-25) 25 May 1936 (age 88)
Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, Italy
Occupationactor

Giuseppe "Pippo" Santonastaso (born 25 May 1936) is an Italian actor and comedian.

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Life and career

Born in Castel San Giovanni, Piacenza, to a Neapolitan family, Santonastaso created an original comic duo with his younger brother Mario (1937 – 8 January 2021), [1] performing successfully in their region and soon also on television, in several RAI variety shows. [2] Following his television success, in the second half of the 1970s he started a parallel career of character actor in numerous comedy films, several of them as sidekick of Adriano Celentano. [2] He was main actor just once, in the commedia sexy all'italiana Geometra Prinetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Tv. Addio al cabarettista Mario Santonastaso, celebre il duo con il fratello Pippo (in Italian)
  2. 1 2 3 Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN   8884402131.
  3. ↑ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN   8820029197.


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