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- Died
- Birth nameEmilio Luigi Carlo giuseppe Maria Ghione
- Emilio Ghione was born on July 30, 1879 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Il castello di bronzo (1920), I topi grigi (1918) and Za-la-Mort (1915). He died on January 7, 1930 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Father of actor Emilio Ghione Jr..
- Emilio Ghione was hospitalised following tuberculosis in 1927. A public appeal was opened for Ghione, and the money was used to help his recovery and send him to Paris in search of work. During his stay in Paris in 1929, Ghione slept rough and his health deteriorated. He was hospitalised in Paris and Lina Cavalieri paid to send him back to Turin by train.
- Ghione directed his first film as actor-director, Il Circolo Nero, in 1913.
- In 1926, Ghione launched a theatrical revue with Kally Sambucini and Alberto Collo and toured Italy performing sketches based on the Za La Mort films.
- He was the son of a minor painter, Celestino Ghione, and initially worked as a painter of miniatures.
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