Giorgio Albertazzi

Giorgio Albertazzi (born August 20, 1923, Fiesole, Italy - died May 28, 2016, Roccastrada, Grosseto, Italy) was an Italian actor and film director.

Born in San Martino a Mensola, Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spent two years in prison for collaborating. After the amnesty by Palmiro Togliatti he changed from studying architecture to acting. In the theater Albertazzi debuted in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, and played in the following decades in a number of classics, many of them for television. From the early 1950's he was also seen on the big screen - he played in more than 50 films. Since 1969, he directed several television films, including the miniseries George Sand in 1981. In 1988 he wrote his memoirs. Since 2003 he was the director of the Teatro di Roma.

He had a close friendship with fellow actress Anna Proclemer who appeared with him for many years. In 2007 he married his long-standing partner Pia de Tolomei.

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