Fabrizi, Aldo (1905-1990) Popular Italian music hall comedian, character actor, writer, and director which made his first film appearance in 1942. Fabrizi won international acclaim in Roberto Rosselinni's drama Roma, citta aperta (1946), (Rome, Open City), in which he played a priest who defies the fascist regime. Thereafter, he performed dramatic and comical roles. In the 1970's he began to make less screen appearances and authored a series of best-selling cookbooks. Youth ministry groups may be familiar with Aldo Fabrizi's performance in the church basement perennial Teacher and the Miracle produced in 1961, one of several films which Fabrizi also directed.
 Sample of Aldo Fabrizi in Roma città aperta |  |
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