Emilio Ghione
Actor, Film actor
1879 – 1930
Who was Emilio Ghione?
Emilio Luigi Carlo Giuseppe Maria Ghione, known as Emilio Ghione, was an Italian silent film actor, director and screenwriter. Ghione was best known for writing, directing and starring in the Za La Mort series of adventure films, in which Ghione played a likeable French Apache and 'honest outlaw.' Ghione directed, wrote and acted in every genre of film, and directed some of the most famous stars of the time, including Francesca Bertini, Lina Cavalieri, Alberto Collo and Hesperia. After his final film role in 1926, Ghione briefly performed on a theatrical tour of Italy. Ghione wrote three novels based around his Za La Mort character, an autobiography, and an essay on Italian Silent Cinema, before his death from tuberculosis in 1930.
In 1979, a retrospective of Ghione's films was held at the Venice Film Festival. In 2008, a retrospective of his films was held at the Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna, and a temporary exhibition of photographs and film stills documenting Ghione's career was opened at the Cineteca of Bologna.
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- Born
- Jul 30, 1879
Turin - Also known as
- Emilio Luigi Carlo Giuseppe Maria Ghione
- Parents
- Spouses
- Clotilde Coletti
(1911 - 1913) - Kally Sambucini
(1915 - 1930)
- Clotilde Coletti
- Children
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 7, 1930
Rome - Resting place
- Campo Verano
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on July 23, 2013
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