Biography
Amedeo Nazzari (born Amedeo Carlo Leone Buffa) was an Italian actor. He was born on 10 December 1907 in Cagliari, Sardinia, and died on 5 November 1979 in Rome. He adopted his professional name from his maternal grandfather. Nazzari began his career in the theatre with companies including those of Annibale Ninchi and Marta Abba before making his film debut in 1935.
His breakthrough came with the 1938 film Luciano Serra, Pilot. He appeared in numerous Italian films through the 1940s and 1950s, including The Bandit (1946), for which he received the Nastro d'Argento for best actor, and several melodramas directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. In 1957 he played Alberto Lazzari in Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria. Nazzari later worked in television and received a David di Donatello career award in 1979.
He married actress Irene Genna in 1957; their daughter Maria Evelina also became an actress.
