Gigi Proietti

Luigi Gigi Proietti 2 November 1940 2 November 2020 was an Italian actor voice actor comedian musician singer and television presenter After several stage works in 1966 Proietti debuted both in cinema in Pleasant Nights and on television in the TV series I grandi camaleonti His first personal success came in 1971 when he replaced Domenico Modugno in the stage musical Alleluja brava gente by Garinei Giovannini starring alongside Renato Rascel In 1974 after playing the role of Neri Chiaramantesi in the drama La cena delle beffe alongside Carmelo Bene and Vittorio Gassman in 1976 started a fruitful collaboration with playwright Roberto Lerici with whom he wrote and directed his stage plays starting with the oneman show A me gli occhi please Give me your eyes please 1976 reported on the scene in 1993 1996 and 2000 in a memorable performance at the Olympic Stadium in his hometown Initially planned to be performed 6 times the show exceeded 300 performances with an average audience of 2000 per performance He took part in several international movies including The Appointment 1969 directed by Sidney Lumet A Wedding 1978 directed by Robert Altman and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe 1978 directed by Ted Kotcheff Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Proietti licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia