Arnoldo Foà: A Centenary Tribute to a Titan of Italian Culture
Arnoldo Foà (Ferrara, 24 January 1916 – Rome, 11 January 2014) would have celebrated his 104th birthday on 24 January 2020. In remembrance of his contributions, a documentary by Giancarlo Baudena, the Premio Arnoldo Foà, and the exhibition 'Arnoldo Foà. Una vita lunga un secolo' are planned for 2020. His wife, Anna Procaccini Foà, is advocating for a theatre to be named in his honor. Foà, who came from a Jewish background, became a member of the Opera nazionale balilla at the age of 15. He faced expulsion in 1938 due to racial laws and made his debut later that same year. His career spanned theatre, radio, and television, where he acted, hosted, and directed, achieving recognition in the 1960s and winning the Nastro d'Argento in 2003. His autobiography was released in 2009.
Key facts
- Arnoldo Foà was born on 24 January 1916 in Ferrara, Italy.
- He was expelled from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 1938 due to racial laws.
- He debuted professionally in December 1938 under the pseudonym Puccio Gamma.
- He announced the armistice on 8 September 1943 on radio in Naples.
- He appeared in over 100 films, including Totò sceicco (1950).
- He won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor in 2003 for Gente di Roma.
- He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1998.
- He died on 11 January 2014 in Rome.
Entities
Artists
- Arnoldo Foà
- Giancarlo Baudena
- Anna Procaccini Foà
- Teresa Franchini
- Pietro Sharòff
- Andrea Checchi
- Mariella Lotti
- Pietro Germi
- Clara Calamai
- William Shakespeare
- Benito Mussolini
- Irwin Shaw
- Luchino Visconti
- Ernest Hemingway
- Fëdor Dostoevskij
- Totò
- Mario Mattoli
- Giorgio Strehler
- Luigi Squarzina
- Orazio Costa
- Salvo Randone
- Sarah Ferrati
- Vittorio Gassman
- Alberto Savinio
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Miguel de Cervantes
- Kirk Douglas
- John Wayne
- Peter Ustinov
- Toshiro Mifune
- Anthony Quinn
- Luigi Pirandello
- Virginio Puecher
- Lev Tolstoj
- Henrik Ibsen
- Eugene O'Neill
- Peter Brook
- Orson Welles
- Michael Anderson
- Jacques Deray
- Alain Delon
- Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Ugo Fabrizio Giordani
- Francesco Laudadio
- Rossella Izzo
- Aldo Florio
- Gianni Lepre
- Valerio Jalongo
- Ettore Scola
- Alessandro Baricco
- Margherita Bordino
Institutions
- Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
- Opera nazionale balilla
- Teatro Eliseo
- RAI
- Compagnia della prosa
- Piccolo Teatro di Milano
- Premio Arnoldo Foà
- Artribune
Locations
- Ferrara
- Italy
- Rome
- Florence
- Naples
- Milan