Paolo Poli


Paolo Poli was an Italian theatre actor. He has also acted in films and on television.

Career

After a university degree in French literature, Poli began his acting career in the early 1950s and was one of the first actors in Italy to perform en travesti roles. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most versatile of Italian theatrical actors.
He has acted in and directed a host of operettas, among which Aldino mi cali un filino, Rita of Cascia, Caterina de Medici, L'asino d'oro, Gulliver's Travels, La leggenda di San Gregorio, Il coturno della ciabatta, and La nemica by Dario Niccodemi. His Rita of Cascia prompted complaints from Italian president Oscar Luigi Scalfaro.
Well into his eighties, he continued performing on stage, most recently in Sillabari by Goffredo Parise and Aquiloni, taken from Giovanni Pascoli.

Works

Theatre

Television

Souper, director Vito Molinari, 1960Tutto da rifare pover'uomo, telefilm director Eros Macchi, 1960Ricordati di Cesare, starring Dory Dorika, Elsa Merlini, Aldo Silvani, Federico Collino, Paolo Poli, Mila Sannoner, director Alessandro Brissoni, 1962Champignol senza volerlo, director Silverio Blasi, 1963Gli equivici di una notte, form Oliver Goldsmith, director Edmo Fenoglio, 1964Chi non-prova non-ci crede, director Carlo Di Stefano, 1968Il Re non-fa per me, director de Massimo Scaglione en 1969Babau 70, variety of Ida Omboni and Paolo Poli, director Vito Molinari; 1970, stopped from RAI and acted in 1976 only, starring Marco Messeri, Laura Betti, Adriana Asti, Camilla Cederna, Umberto Eco, Fabrizio De AndréAl Cavallino Bianco, operetta, 1974La strana storia del dottor White e del signor Black, mini-telefilm, director Norman Mozzato en 1975The Three Musketeers mini-telefilm; director Sandro Sequi, 1976, starring Marco Messeri, Lucia Poli and Milena Vukotic
  • Scene La Crisalide from the mini-telefilm Racconti di fantascienza, director Alessandro Blasetti, 1979.

Filmography

The Two Orphans - Pierre FrochardThe Lovers of Manon Lescaut - TibergeNon c'è amore più grande Camping Cronache del '22, scene Giorno di paga Per amore... per magia... - Jo BabàH2S - Anna MazzamauroL'asino d'oro: processo per fatti strani contro Lucius Apoleuus cittadino romano - GenesioLa piazza vuota Le braghe del padrone - Il diavolo

Books