Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1918-12-01
Day of Death
1980-08-02
Place of Birth
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Gigi Ballista
Biography
Gigi Ballista (1 December 1918 – 2 August 1980) was an Italian film and television actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1961 and 1980. Born in Florence, Ballista graduated in Law, then he started working as a PR consultant in the field of advertising and industrial documentaries. He debuted as an actor at a mature age in the early 1960s with some minor roles, but his breakout came in 1966 with a role of weight in Pietro Germi's The Birds, the Bees and the Italians. Following the critical and commercial success of the film, Ballista decided to pursue a professional career as an actor, and he became, mainly thanks to his characteristic hoarse and dysphonic voice, one of the most recognizable character actors in Italian cinema and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Ballista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (54)
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
I Hate Blondes
1980
Liquirizia
1979
Midnight Express
1978
The Schoolmate
1977
Mala, Love and Death
1977
Un amore targato Forlì
1976
Horse Fever
1976
Under the Sheets
1976
Salon Kitty
1976
Confessions of a Lady Cop
1976
La madama
1976
The Sunday Woman
1975
The Family Vice
1975
