Franco Parenti Italian actor and stage director (1921–1989)
Franco Parenti
Born 7 December 1921 (1921-12-07 ) Died 28 April 1989(1989-04-28) (aged 67)Milan, Italy
Franco Parenti (7 December 1921 – 28 April 1989) was an Italian actor and stage director.
Biography
Born in Milan , Parenti graduated from the Accademia dei Filodrammatici and made his professional debut in 1940, in the Merlini -Cialante stage company.[ 1] In 1941, he formed the avangarde stage company Palcoscenico with Paolo Grassi .[ 1] [ 2] During the World War II he was drafted and interned in Germany, being freed in 1945.[ 2]
After the war, Parenti worked with the companies of Salvo Randone and Nuto Navarrini [ it ] , before joining the first stage company of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan .[ 1] Starting from 1948, he focused on avanspettacolo , joining among others the companies of Erminio Macario , Giorgio De Rege, and Pina Renzi , and also working as author of sketches.[ 1] [ 2] In
the early 1950s, he got his first personal success on radio with the macchietta Anacleto il gasista, and formed a successful avanspettacolo company with Dario Fo and Giustino Durano .[ 1] [ 2] After the company disbandment in 1954, Parenti returned to dramatic theater, working with Luigi Squarzina and Gianfranco De Bosio .[ 1] [ 2]
In 1963, Parenti was named director of the Teatro Stabile in Palermo , and after working with Eduardo De Filippo and Giorgio Strehler , in 1972 he co-founded with Andrée Ruth Shammah [ it ] the Teatro Pier Lombardo (also known as Cooperativa Teatro Franco Parenti), with which he staged a series of sophisticated and often provocative plays.[ 1] [ 2] He died of lung cancer on 28 April 1989, at the age of 67.[ 2]
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