Mario Pupella
{{Short description|Italian actor and stage director (1945–2023)}}
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Mario Pupella (10 April 1945 – 22 January 2023) was an Italian actor and stage director.
Biography
Born in Castelvetrano, Pupella made his professional debut on stage in a rendition of Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV.{{cite news |last1=Redazione Spettacoli |title=Addio a Mario Pupella, attore di teatro e caratterista in molti film sulla mafia |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/23_gennaio_22/morto-mario-pupella-racconto-sicilia-verga-pirandello-teatro-702b3a30-9a48-11ed-9e01-a2e995b3e2a5.shtml?refresh_ce |access-date=23 January 2023 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=22 January 2023 |language=it-IT}} Mainly active on stage, he got his first film major role in 2002, in Roberta Torre's Angela. He was also a stage director, and served as artistic director of several theaters in Palermo, namely Teatro Europa, Teatro Crystal and Teatro Sant'Eugenio.{{cite news |last1=Di Caro |first1=Mario |title=Morto l'attore Mario Pupella, diresse il teatro Crystal e il Sant'Eugenio |url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/01/22/news/mario_pupella_attore_morto_palermo-384611524/ |access-date=23 January 2023 |work=La Repubblica |date=22 January 2023 |language=it}}
He died on 22 January 2023, at the age of 77.{{cite news |last1=Puglisi |first1=Roberto |title=Sigarette, amore e sorrisi: l'ultimo atto di Mario Pupella |url=https://livesicilia.it/sigarette-amore-e-sorrisi-lultimo-atto-di-mario-pupella/ |access-date=23 January 2023 |work=LiveSicilia |date=22 January 2023 |language=it-IT}}
Selected filmography
- Angela (2002)
- I, the Other (2007)
- I Viceré (2007)
- The Sicilian Girl (2008)
- La matassa (2009)
- Salvo (2013)
- At War with Love (2016)
- Quel bravo ragazzo (2016)
- Scappo a casa (2019)
- Padrenostro (2020)
- School of Mafia (2021)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm0700650}}
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Category:People from Castelvetrano
Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:Italian male television actors