Mino Bellei

Italian director and actor (1936–2022)
Mino Bellei
Born(1936-06-23)June 23, 1936
Savona, Italy
DiedMarch 13, 2022(2022-03-13) (aged 85)
Savona, Italy
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1961–2022

Mino Bellei (June 26, 1936 – March 13, 2022) was an Italian theatre and film actor and director.[1]

Career

Born in Savona in 1936, he graduated from the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in 1959, and began as a stage actor in pièce by Pirandello, Molière and Shakespeare; critics counted him among the most promising and outstanding talents of these years. In the 1960s he also devoted himself to theater directing. His comedy "Life is not a film of Doris Day" was a great success.

Only occasionally he took roles in film and television; In 1979 he directed the film Bionda fragola (Strawberry blonde) from his own screenplay. Despite good reviews and financial success, it was his only film as director.[2]

Filmography (selection)

  • 1965: The Mandrake, dir. Alberto Lattuada
  • 1966: Francesco di Assisi, dir. Liliana Cavani
  • 1978: Melodrammore, dir. Maurizio Costanzo
  • 1980: Bionda fragola, dir. Mino Bellei
  • 1988: Topo Galileo, dir. Francesco Laudadio
  • 1989: Un uomo di razza, dir. Bruno Rosia
  • 1999: Tea with Mussolini, dir. Franco Zeffirelli
  • 2002: Pinocchio, dir. Roberto Benigni

Theatre (selection)

References

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 48
  2. ^ Andrea Orbicciani, Article Mino Bellei, in: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese 1998, p. 46/47

External links

  • Mino Bellei at IMDb
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