Nico Pepe | |
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Born | Domenico Pepe 19 January 1917 |
Died | 13 August 1987 Udine, Italy | (aged 70)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1936–1981 |
Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981.[1]
Born in Udine, after a bachelor's degree in business Pepe got a job as a banking clerk, which he quit to perform in the theater company led by Roldano Lupi and Paola Borboni.[2] He later entered some of the major companies of the time, working among others with Vittorio De Sica, Dina Galli, Ruggero Ruggeri and Sergio Tofano.[2] In the second post-war, he served as artistic director of several theaters, including the Teatro Stabile di Torino .[2] Starting from Giorgio Strehler's 1953 rendition of Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author and until late 1970s he frequently worked at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.[2]
Also active in films, radio and television and as a dubber, he retired from acting in the early 1980s, and in his late years directed a theater school in the Friulian language.[2] He was married to actress Clara Auteri .[2]