Name Gilberto Govi Role Actor | Movies Il diavolo in convento Siblings Amleto Govi | |
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Spouse Rina Gaioni (m. 1917–1966) Parents Francesca Gardini, Anselmo Govi People also search for Rina Gaioni, Nunzio Malasomma |
Amerigo Armando Gilberto Govi (22 October 1885 – 28 April 1966) was an Italian film and stage actor and screenwriter. He was the founder of the Genoese Dialectal Theatre.
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His greatest successes were I manezzi pe majâ na figgia (I maneggi per maritare una figlia, How To Marry Off One's daughter), Pignasecca e Pignaverde (Dry Pinecone and Green Pinecone) and Colpi di Timone (Rudder Blows). Also famous in Italy, especially Genoa and Liguria, are Quello buonanima, Gildo Peragallo, ingegnere (Gildo Peragallo, engineer), I Gustavino e i Passalacqua (The Gustavinos and the Passalacquas) and Sotto a chi tocca (Who's the next?).

Gilberto govi maneggi per maritare una figlia



Filmography
Actor
1960
Il dente del giudizio (TV Movie) as
Achille Lanzavegia
1959
Lui, lei e il nonno as
Don Vincenzo
1959
Sotto a chi tocca as
Bertomè Pittaluga
1957
Pignasecca e Pigniaverde (TV Movie) as
Felice Pastorino
1951
Il diavolo in convento as
Fra Angelo
1948
Che tempi! as
Felice Pastorino
1942
Colpi di timone as
Giovanni Bevilacqua
Writer
1951
Il diavolo in convento (adaptation)
1948
Che tempi! (adaptation)
1942
Colpi di timone (screenplay)
Director
1957
Pignasecca e Pigniaverde (TV Movie)
Archive Footage
1996
Govi a Gavi (Video documentary)
References
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