Paolo Poli
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| Born |
23 May 1929 Florence, Toscana, Italy |
| Died | 25 March 2016 (aged 86) Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Occupation | Theatre and film actor |
| Years active | 1955–2016 |
Paolo Poli (May 23, 1929 – March 25, 2016) was an Italian theatre actor. He has also acted in films and on television.
After a university degree in French literature, Poli began his acting career in the early 1950s and was one of the first actors in Italy to perform en travesti roles. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most versatile of Italian theatrical actors.
He has acted in and directed a host of operettas, among which Aldino mi cali un filino, Rita of Cascia, Caterina de Medici, L'asino d'oro, Gulliver's Travels, La leggenda di San Gregorio, Il coturno della ciabatta, and La nemica by Dario Niccodemi. His Rita of Cascia prompted complaints from Italian president Oscar Luigi Scalfaro.
Well into his eighties, he continued performing on stage, most recently in Sillabari by Goffredo Parise and Aquiloni, taken from Giovanni Pascoli.
Paolo Poli after the piece Sei Brillanti, at Teatro Carcano, Milan, 2007.
Paolo Poli, at Teatro dell'Elfo in Milan, January 2013.
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