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Giancarlo Sbragia
Giancarlo Sbragia
Born	14 March 1926; Rome, Italy
Died	28 June 1994 (aged 68); Rome, Italy
Other names	Gian Carlo Sbragia
Occupation(s)	actor, voice actor, stage director, playwright
Years active	1947-1988
Spouse(s)	Princess Esmeralda Ruspoli; Alessandra Panaro (1992-1994) (his death)

Giancarlo Sbragia (14 March 1926 – 28 June 1994) was an Italian actor, voice actor, stage director and playwright.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Sbragia graduated at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1947, and debuted on stage at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, with the theatrical company of Giorgio Strehler.^[1]^[2] He debuted as a playwright in 1953 with the play Le veglie inutili, and in 1956 he debuted as a stage director with the drama Ricorda con rabbia.^[1]^[2] Between 1958 and 1959 he worked with the theatrical company of Michelangelo Antonioni and Luca Ronconi, and in 1960 he was co-founder, together with Enrico Maria Salerno and Ivo Garrani, of the stage company "Attori Associati".^[1] Between the 1960s and the 1970s Sbragia was also very active on television series, notably playing Napoleon in the successful drama series I grandi camaleonti.^[1]^[2]

Personal life

Sbragia was first married to the actress Princess Esmeralda Ruspoli.^[3] They had three children, including the actor Mattia Sbragia.^[1] From 1992 until his death, he was married to the actress Alessandra Panaro.^[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951	Fugitive in Trieste
1959	Wolves of the Deep	Idrofonista
1960	Messalina	Aulo Celso
1960	Goliath and the Dragon	Tindaro
1961	The Lovemakers	Amerigo	Voice, Uncredited^{[citation needed]}
1961	Laura nuda	Il prete
1962	War Gods of Babylon	Arbace
1963	The Fall of Rome	Giunio
1964	La Grande Magia
1964	La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes
1964	Senza sole né luna
1966	Francesco di Assisi	Francesco's father
1971	The Bloodstained Butterfly	Alessandro Marchi
1971	Le Saut de l'ange	Forestier
1972	Policeman
1972	Equinozio
1973	Tony Arzenta - Big Guns	Luca Dennino
1976	Death Rage	Gennaro Gallo
1977	Highway Racer	Maresciallo Tagliaferri
1978	Nest of Vipers	Maffei
1988	The Camels	Anna's Father	(final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 184–185. ISBN 8884402697.
^ ^a ^b ^c Giovanni Raboni (29 June 1994). "Addio a Sbragia attore non stop". Corriere della Sera. p. 32. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
^ "Esmeralda Ruspoli Collages". www.esmeraldaruspoli.com.
^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.