Enrico Beruschi

{{Short description|Italian comedian, actor, singer and television personality}}

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Enrico Beruschi (born 5 September 1941) is an Italian comedian, actor, singer and television personality. He studied at the Italian Liceo classico in Milan, having Cochi Ponzoni as his deskmate.{{cite news | url = https://www.corriere.it/cronache/20_agosto_29/covid-scuola-le-nuove-classi-scompare-compagno-banco-e451abac-ea31-11ea-80e5-bbd042ec2ced.shtml | title = Quell'amico che ti segue tutta la vita. Un anno senza il compagno di banco | trans-title = The friend who follow you for all the life. A year without the deskmate | date = August 29, 2020 | journal = Il Corriere della Sera | language = Italian | archive-url = https://archive.today/20200830093530/https://www.corriere.it/cronache/20_agosto_29/covid-scuola-le-nuove-classi-scompare-compagno-banco-e451abac-ea31-11ea-80e5-bbd042ec2ced_preview.shtml?reason=unauthenticated&cat=1&cid=Xbj3tz9f&pids=FR&credits=1&origin=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/20_agosto_29/covid-scuola-le-nuove-classi-scompare-compagno-banco-e451abac-ea31-11ea-80e5-bbd042ec2ced.shtml | archive-date = August 30, 2020 | url-status = live}}

Formerly employed in a food company, Beruschi began his career as a comedian at the Derby Club (Milan) in 1972 .Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, Enciclopedia della Televisione, Garzanti, 1996 – 2003. {{ISBN|881150466X}}.{{cite book|author1=Felice Cappa |author2=Piero Gelli |author3=Marco Mattarozzi |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900|year=1998 |publisher=Baldini & Castoldi, 1998|isbn=8880892959}} He became popular in 1977 with the RAI variety show Non Stop, in which he proposed the comedy sketches of a bumbling accountant oppressed by his wife (played by Margherita Fumero). In the following years Beruschi appeared in a large number of TV shows, reaching the peak of his popularity with Drive in.{{cite book|last=Eddy Anselmi|title=Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana|year=2009|publisher=Panini Comics, 2009|isbn=978-8863462296}} From the early 1990s he focused on theatre and standup comedy.

Beruschi also recorded several comedy songs. In 1979 he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival, finishing fifth with the song "Sarà un fiore".