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- Ayrton Senna da Silva was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil to a wealthy family. When he was four years old his father Milton bought him a go-kart, and by age eight Ayrton was regularly competing in karting events. His career progressed quickly, and in 1982 he moved to England to pursue his racing. In 1984 he came to the attention of the whole world by racing in Formula One. Over the next ten years he won the World Championship three times and engaged in some controversial racing with France's Alain Prost and England's Nigel Mansell. Ayrton Senna was killed on 1 May 1994 in a race at the San Marino Grand Prix when his car, which had been beset with problems the entire season, inexplicably left the track and crashed into the concrete barrier. His was the last death in Formula One due to the major safety reforms that the tragic weekend at Imola had brought about. He was voted by over two hundred of his fellow Formula One drivers as the best driver of all time in a 2010 poll. Senna was also a humanitarian who discreetly donated millions to help those less fortunate in his native country.
- Maria Antonietta Beluzzi was born on 26 July 1930 in Bologna, Italy. She was an actress, known for Amarcord (1973), La vita provvisoria (1963) and The Last Concert (1976). She died on 6 August 1997 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Carlo D'Angelo was born on 2 February 1919 in Milan, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Great Silence (1968), Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966) and Romeo e Giulietta (1964). He died on 9 June 1973 in Bologna, Italy.- Yvonne Sanson was born on 29 August 1925 in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. She was an actress, known for The Conformist (1970), Chains (1949) and Nobody's Children (1951). She died on 23 July 2003 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Adolfo Lastretti was born on 18 November 1937 in Tempio Pausania, Sardinia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Syndicate Sadists (1975), The Lion of the Desert (1980) and Spasmo (1974). He died on 5 May 2018 in Loiano, Bologna, Italy.
- Actor
- Writer
Giustino Durano was born on 5 May 1923 in Brindisi, Puglia, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), Fate un bel sorriso (2000) and The Queen of the Pirates (1960). He was married to Graziella Galvani. He died on 18 February 2002 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Raffaele Pisu was born on 24 May 1925 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Consequences of Love (2004), Se non avessi più te (1965) and So in Love (1964). He died on 31 July 2019 in Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Gianni Cavina was born on 9 December 1940 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for The House with Laughing Windows (1976), La via degli angeli (1999) and Festival (1996). He died on 26 March 2022 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Isabella Marincola was born in 1925 in Somalia. She was an actress, known for Bitter Rice (1949) and Quale razza (2008). She died on 30 March 2010 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Memo Benassi was born on 21 June 1886 in Sorbolo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Affairs of Messalina (1951), Il trattato scomparso (1933) and Il figlio del corsaro rosso (1943). He died on 24 February 1957 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
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- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Francesco Laudadio was born on 2 January 1950 in Mola di Bari, Puglia, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Madame (2004), Grog (1982) and Roma dodici novembre 1994 (1995). He died on 6 April 2005 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Fanfulla was born on 26 February 1913 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Fellini Satyricon (1969), Son of the Red Corsair (1959) and Dark Purpose (1964). He died on 5 January 1971 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Andrea Bosic was born on 15 July 1919 in Gomilsko, Maribor, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Sandokan the Great (1963), Duel of the Titans (1961) and Danger: Diabolik (1968). He died on 9 January 2012 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Ernesto Almirante (24 September 1877 - 13 December 1964) was an Italian film and stage actor. Born in Mistretta into a family of actors, Almirante worked several years on stage along his father Nunzio. He was also active as agent and organizer of several stage companies. After an occasional film role in the 1919 mute film "Federica d'Illirio", starting from mid-1930s Almirante became one of the most active character actors of his time. In 1955 he retired from acting and moved into a retirement home for actors in Bologna. He was the uncle of politician Giorgio Almirante.
- Olga Solbelli was born on 11 May 1898 in Verghereto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Loves of Hercules (1960), La figlia del capitano (1947) and Il fu Mattia Pascal (1937). She was married to Pietro Meda. She died on 8 September 1976 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
His father was the renowned violinist and music teacher Michelangelo Abbado. He is the brother of the composer Marcello Abbado and therefore uncle of the conductor Roberto Abbado. After school, Abbado studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. From 1956 to 1968 he was married to Giovanna Cavazzoni. Together they became parents to the theater manager Alessandra Abbado and the opera director Daniele Abbado. In 1957 he moved to Vienna, where he went to school with conductor teacher Hans Swarowsky. In 1968, Abbado began working for the Milan opera house "Scala", where he worked in various functions until 1986. The conductor was committed to opening up the so-called "high culture" to the common people, who had once been the audience and protagonists of traditional Italian opera.
From 1979 to 1988, Abbado was also principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. Replaced by Riccardo Muti at the helm of La Scala in Milan, Abbado moved to Vienna in 1986 to take over the management of the State Opera until 1991. From 1990 to 2002 he was chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. However, cancer interrupted Abbado's artistic career in the late 1990s. After his recovery, the internationally celebrated conductor only appeared at concerts sporadically. In spring 2004, Abbado's guest appearance with the Berlin Philharmonic was a great success. In the spring of 2005, Abbado conducted Mozart's "Magic Flute" for the first time, with which he celebrated great success in Baden-Baden and Italy. At the end of May 2005, the maestro gave three concerts in Berlin to sold-out houses.
Abbado was considered a supporter of young musicians, for whom he founded the European Union Youth Orchestra in 1978, the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in 1988, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in 1997 and finally the Mozart Orchestra in 2004. The youth orchestras support the training of young talent with scholarships. In 2003 he was honored with the Praemium Imperiale. In August 2005, Abbado, after Vienna, was also made an honorary citizen of Lucerne, whose music festival he was closely associated with. For the 250th year of Mozart's birth, Abbado designed numerous Mozart Orchestra initiatives in 2006. In 2008 he received the Wolf Prize. On August 30, 2013, Claudio Abbado was appointed senator for life by President Giorgio Napolitano. In the same year, his book "My World of Music" was named science book of the year in Austria.
Claudio Abbado died on January 20, 2014, at the age of eighty, in Bologna after a long battle with cancer.- Armando Marra was born on 10 January 1926 in Naples, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Name of the Rose (1986) and No grazie, il caffè mi rende nervoso (1982). He died on 24 July 2011 in Bologna, Italy.
- Loredana was born on 19 March 1924 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for Il figlio del corsaro rosso (1943), Gli ultimi filibustieri (1943) and Forbidden Music (1942). She was married to Giuseppe Rinaldi. She died on 18 January 2016 in Bologna, Italy.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Silvio Bagolini was born on 4 August 1914 in Bologna, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Bullocks (1953), David Copperfield (1965) and The Prisoner of the Iron Mask (1961). He died on 26 September 1976 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Raoul Grassilli was born on 25 October 1924 in Bologna, Italy. He was an actor, known for Le cinque giornate di Milano (1970), Bel Ami (1979) and La fine dell'avventura (1969). He died on 24 July 2010 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli was born on 4 July 1911 in Bologna, Italy. He is known for The Untouchables (1987), The Killing Fields (1984) and Once Upon a Time in America (1984). He died on 8 July 1996 in Bologna, Italy.- Mirella Falco was an actress, known for Villa Arzilla (1990), Tomorrow We Dance (1982) and Luci lontane (1987). She died on 6 November 2013 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Antonella Steni was born on 3 December 1926 in Montefiascone, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for Nel sole (1967), L'oro del mondo (1968) and Peggio per me... meglio per te (1968). She was married to Luigi Bonos. She died on 18 January 2016 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Ernesto Maserati was born on 4 August 1898 in Bologna, Italy. He died on 1 December 1975 in Bologna, Italy.
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Hengel Gualdi was born on 4 July 1924 in Correggio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor and composer, known for Le strelle nel fosso (1979), La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone (1975) and Dancing Paradise (1982). He died on 16 June 2005 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.