Corrado Olmi

{{Short description|Italian actor (1926–2020)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Corrado Olmi

| image = Corrado Olmi 74.jpg

| birth_date = 24 October 1926

| birth_place = Jesi, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = 29 December 2020 (aged 94)

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = Actor

}}

Corrado Olmi (24 October 1926 – 29 December 2020)[https://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/corrado-olmi-attore-d10826db-680e-40e1-adb5-b8df7a61e752.html Cinema. E' morto l'attore Corrado Olmi, una vita tra grande schermo, palcoscenico e tv] {{in lang|it}} was an Italian actor and comedian.

Life and career

Born in Jesi, Ancona, Olmi at very young age attended local amateur dramatic companies in his hometown.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}} He later moved to Rome, where he graduated in law and during his studies attended the Peter Sharoff Theatre Academy. He was a very prolific stage actor, with hundreds of credits in works of prose, avanspettacolo, cabaret, operetta. He was also very active in television (in television movies, TV-series and variety shows) and in films, where he was one of the most requested character actors. Olmi is also the author of two autobiographical books, Oltre la scena and Oltre lo schermo.

He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

Selected filmography

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