Andrea Checchi
Actor, Film actor
1916 – 1974
Who was Andrea Checchi?
Andrea Checchi was a prolific Italian film actor.
Born in Florence, Checchi appeared in over 150 films in his lengthy career, which spanned from 1934 to his death in 1974. The son of a painter, he studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Moved to Rome, he attended the acting course held by Alessandro Blasetti who gave him a small role in 1860. After graduating at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, he had his first role of weight in the 1940 historical drama film L'assedio di Alcazar by Augusto Genina. He later appeared in Mario Camerini's Due lettere anonime, Giuseppe de Santis's Tragic Hunt, Michelangelo Antonioni's La signora senza camelie, Vittorio De Sica's Two Women, and Mario Bava's Black Sunday, among many other films. In 1958, he won the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Award for best supporting actor for his performance in the film Parola di ladro. In 1971, he successfully starred with Giancarlo Giannini in E le stelle stanno a guardare, an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, The Stars Look Down.
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- Born
- Oct 21, 1916
Florence - Also known as
- Andrea Checci
- Parents
- Spouses
- Erika Schwarze
(1938/10/20 - 1974/03/29)
- Erika Schwarze
- Children
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Lived in
- Florence
- Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- Mar 31, 1974
Rome
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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