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Lino Ventura
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Italian-French actor
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Lino Ventura was an Italian and French film actor and professional wrestler. Born Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura in Parma, he worked in the industry from 1953 until 1987. He was a citizen of Italy, the Kingdom of Italy, and France, and spoke French and Italian as native languages.
Ventura received the Silver Shell for Best Actor and was nominated for a César Award for Best Actor. He also held the position of president. He resided in Paris, Parma, Montreuil, and Saint-Cloud.
He died of a myocardial infarction from natural causes in Saint-Cloud on October 22, 1987. His birth date is recorded as July 14, 1919, or July 13, 1919. He participated in wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling.
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Film & TV
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas. Born in Parma and raised…
Known for
- At the End of the Day — Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
- Bacri, comme un air de famille — Self (archive footage)2022
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
- Patrick Dewaere, My Hero — Self (archive footage) - actor2022
- Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress — Self (archive footage)2019
- Aznavour by Charles — Self - Actor (archive footage)2019
- Lino Ventura, la part intime — Self (archive footage)2018
- Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme — Self (archive footage)2017
- De Gaulle, the Last King of France — Self (archive footage)2017
- Lino, il n'était que lui-même — Self (archive footage)2012
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Key facts
- Born
- Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura , ( 1919-07-14 ) 14 July 1919, Parma , Italy
- Died
- 22 October 1987 (1987-10-22) (aged 68), Saint-Cloud , France
- Other name
- Lino Borrini
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1953–1987
- Spouse
- Odette Lecomte ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Parma
- Place of death
- Saint-Cloud
- Occupation
- actor
- Position held
- president
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- French
- Image
- LinoVentura-Italie-1975.jpg
- Height
- 1.76
- Residence
- Saint-Cloud
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- Commons category
- Lino Ventura
- date of birth
- 1919-07-14
- date of death
- 1987-10-22
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Angiolino Joseph Pascal Ventura
- nominated for
- César Award for Best Actor
- name in native language
- Lino Ventura
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- end of work period
- 1987-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas.
Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables.
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