Ivan Rassimov
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Screenshot of Rassimov in Inhibition, 1976
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| Born |
Ivan Đerasimović 7 May 1938 Trieste, Italy |
| Died | 14 March 2003 (aged 64) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1964-1987 |
Ivan Rassimov (Born Ivan Đerasimović; Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Ђерасимовић) (7 May 1938 – 14 March 2003) was an Italian film actor who appeared in many horror and exploitation films.
Born in Trieste to Serbian parents, Velimir and Vera Đjerasimović (née Petrijević), he attended the Slovenian scientific lyceum (realna gimnazija s slovenskim ucnim jezikom) in Trieste. He made his film debut in 1964 after graduating from university and Actors' Studio in Rome. Mostly cast in villainous roles, he appeared in Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires (1965), Sergio Martino's Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972), Umberto Lenzi's Man from Deep River (1972) and Eaten Alive! (1980), Mario Gariazzo's The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (1974), and Ruggero Deodato's Last Cannibal World (1977), among many other titles.
He retired from acting in 1987. At the time of his tragic motorcycle accident, which led to his death, he was working for a publishing firm in Rome.
His sister, Rada Rassimov, is a film actress. He has a younger brother Milorad (born in 1945), who is a retired music professor, living in Trieste.
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