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Giovanni Grasso(1888-1963)

  • Actor
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Giovanni Grasso in Anni difficili (1948)
Giovanni Grasso was born on 11 November 1888 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for We the Living (1942), The Little Adventurers (1939) and Don Cesare di Bazan (1942). He was married to Virginia Balestrieri. He died on 30 April 1963 in Catania, Sicily, Italy.
BornNovember 11, 1888
DiedApril 30, 1963(74)
BornNovember 11, 1888
DiedApril 30, 1963(74)
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Known for

We the Living (1942)
We the Living
7.0
  • Stephan Tishenko
  • 1942
The Little Adventurers (1939)
The Little Adventurers
6.5
  • Il 'commandante'
  • 1939
Don Cesare di Bazan (1942)
Don Cesare di Bazan
5.7
  • Don José di Nogueira
  • 1942
Nino Taranto in Anni facili (1953)
Anni facili
7.0
  • L'onorevole Michele Rapisarda
  • 1953

Credits

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Actor

  • Onore e sangue (1957)
    Onore e sangue
    5.0
    • The Public Prosecutor
    • 1957
  • Le village magique (1955)
    Le village magique
    5.2
    • Sindaco
    • 1955
  • Anna Maria Ferrero and Totò in Totò e Carolina (1955)
    Totò e Carolina
    7.0
    • Marzacchi - il maresciallo (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Totò in Of Life and Love (1954)
    Of Life and Love
    6.3
    • The doorman (segment "Marsina stretta")
    • 1954
  • Cuore di spia (1953)
    Cuore di spia
    • 1953
  • Nino Taranto in Anni facili (1953)
    Anni facili
    7.0
    • L'onorevole Michele Rapisarda
    • 1953
  • Pierre-Michel Beck and Marina Vlady in Too Young for Love (1953)
    Too Young for Love
    7.7
    • Un giocatore
    • 1953
  • Una croce senza nome (1952)
    Una croce senza nome
    • 1952
  • Melodie immortali - Mascagni (1952)
    Melodie immortali - Mascagni
    6.3
    • Domenico Mascagni
    • 1952
  • Melody of Love (1952)
    Melody of Love
    6.0
    • Don Salvatore Morelli
    • 1952
  • Times Gone By (1952)
    Times Gone By
    6.4
    • Presidente del tribunale (segment "Il processo di Frine")
    • 1952
  • What Price Innocence? (1952)
    What Price Innocence?
    6.9
    • Il suocero di Stefano
    • 1952
  • La famiglia Passaguai (1951)
    La famiglia Passaguai
    6.6
    • Il venditore di cocomeri
    • 1951
  • Serenata tragica (Guapparia) (1951)
    Serenata tragica (Guapparia)
    • 1951
  • Edda Albertini, Carlo D'Angelo, Doris Duranti, Massimo Girotti, Guido Salvini, and Jacques Sernas in Fugitive in Trieste (1951)
    Fugitive in Trieste
    • 1951

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Giovanni Grasso Jr.
  • Born
    • November 11, 1888
    • Catania, Sicily, Italy
  • Died
    • April 30, 1963
    • Catania, Sicily, Italy
  • Spouse
    • Virginia Balestrieri? - December 7, 1960 (her death)

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