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- A staple of both the arthouse and grindhouse cinemas for nearly 50 years, Venantino Venantini only began acting as a way to finance his first passion - art. Accepted into the prestigious École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris, he took on extra work in films like Ben-Hur (1959) to finance his trip to France, which he made in a week on a Lambretta motor scooter.
A chance encounter with director Georges Lautner saw him cast in his breakthrough role, as a hitman in the Lino Ventura vehicle Crooks in Clover (1963). Venantini found quickly regular work in Italian, French, and even some American films; moving effortlessly from big-budget epics like The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), to the grimiest of the grimey exploitation films, like several of Joe D'Amato's "Black Emanuelle" films.
In 1999, he won the Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actor together with the other actors in the cast of Ettore Scola's La cena (1998). He continued acting, primarily in French productions, until his death by complications from femur surgery in 2018. His son, Luca Venantini, followed in his footsteps and has become a prolific actor in his own right. - Claudia Mancinelli was born on 16 January 1985 in Fabriano, Marche, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Tourist (2010), Nine (2009) and Unique Brothers (2014).
- Donatella Raffai was born on 8 September 1943 in Fabriano, Marche, Italy. She was an actress, known for Sweet Deceptions (1960), The Anto War (1999) and Scommettiamo che...? (1991). She was married to Silvio Maestranzi, Fabrizio Bogiankino and ???. She died on 10 February 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Alberto Ciambricco was born on 12 April 1920 in Fabriano, Marche, Italy. He was a writer, known for Fermate il colpevole (1979), Così per gioco (1979) and Estudio 1 (1965). He died on 27 February 2008 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Loretta Stroppa was born on 31 October 1952 in Fabriano, Marche, Italy. She was an actress, known for Orient-Express (1979), Luigi Ganna detective (1979) and Un matrimonio in provincia (1980). She died on 5 June 1999 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Primo Zamparini was born on 10 February 1939 in Fabriano, Marche, Italy.