Il Gattopardo (1963)

1. Burt Lancaster

Actor | From Here to Eternity

Burt Lancaster, one of five children, was born in Manhattan, to Elizabeth (Roberts) and James Henry Lancaster, a postal worker. All his grandparents were immigrants from the north of Ireland. He was a tough street kid who took an early interest in gymnastics. He joined the circus as an acrobat and ...

2. Claudia Cardinale

Actress | C'era una volta il West

Like many other female Italian film stars, Claudia Cardinale's entry into the business was by way of a beauty pageant. She was 17 years old and studying at the Centro Sperimentale in Rome when she entered a beauty contest, which resulted in her getting a succession of small film roles. Her earthy ...

3. Alain Delon

Actor | Le Samouraï

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was born in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France, to Édith (Arnold) and Fabien Delon. His father was of French and Corsican Italian descent, and his mother was of French and German ancestry. His parents divorced early on, and Delon had a stormy childhood, being ...

4. Paolo Stoppa

Actor | Il gattopardo

Paolo Stoppa was born on June 16, 1906 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Leopard (1963), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and Rocco and His Brothers (1960). He died on May 1, 1988 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

5. Rina Morelli

Actress | Il gattopardo

Spanning five decades of Italian cinema, Rina Morelli's screen appearances were always interesting and powerful, but it is on the stage that she produced her most interesting and ground-breaking work. She debuted, aged seven, in 'Morte Civile' by Paolo Giacometti, directed by the famous stage actor ...

6. Romolo Valli

Actor | Il gattopardo

Romolo Valli was born on February 7, 1925 in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Leopard (1963), Duck, You Sucker! (1971) and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970). He died on February 1, 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

7. Terence Hill

Actor | ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!

Terence Hill was born as Mario Girotti on March 29, 1939 in Venice, Italy to a chemist. His mother was German, and as a child the family lived near Dresden, Saxony, Germany where they survived the Allied bombings of World War II. Italian film-maker Dino Risi discovered him at a swimming meet and he...

8. Pierre Clémenti

Actor | Belle de jour

Pierre Clémenti was born on September 28, 1942 in Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for Belle de Jour (1967), The Leopard (1963) and À l'ombre de la canaille bleue (1986). He was married to Margareth Clémenti. He died on December 27, 1999 in Paris, France.

9. Lucilla Morlacchi

Actress | Il gattopardo

Had it not been for "Il gattopardo", Luchino Visconti's 1963 masterpiece, Lucilla Marlocchi's career in the cinema would have been negligible. But as Concetta, Prince's Salina's sensitive but unhappy daughter, she proved how good she could be. Unfortunately for film lovers that was to be only a ...

10. Giuliano Gemma

Actor | Il gattopardo

Giuliano Gemma was born in Rome on 2 September 1938, grew up in Reggio Emilia but returned to Rome with his parents in 1944. While he was playing on the grass he found a WW II bomb that exploded and today the signs of injury are still visible on his face. He played many sports in his life including...

11. Ida Galli

Actress | Sette note in nero

Ida Galli was born on October 8, 1939 in Sestola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Psychic (1977), La Dolce Vita (1960) and The Leopard (1963).

12. Ottavia Piccolo

Actress | Il gattopardo

Ottavia Piccolo was born on October 9, 1949 in Bolzano, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Leopard (1963), Metello (1970) and The Family (1987). She has been married to Claudio Rossoni since December 11, 1974. They have one child.

13. Carlo Valenzano

Actor | Il gattopardo

Carlo Valenzano is known for The Leopard (1963).

14. Brook Fuller

Actor | Il gattopardo

Brook Fuller was born on April 9, 1958 in Monterey, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Leopard (1963), Little Dancer (2012) and The Christmas Tree (1969).

15. Anna Maria Bottini

Actress | Il gattopardo

Anna Maria Bottini was born on March 24, 1916 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Leopard (1963), I figli del marchese Lucera (1939) and La passeggiata (1953). She was married to Tino Bianchi. She died on August 9, 2020 in Giove, Umbria, Italy.

16. Lola Braccini

Actress | Il gattopardo

Lola Braccini was born on March 28, 1889 in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Leopard (1963), Seduced and Abandoned (1964) and Io t'ho incontrata a Napoli (1946). She died on March 19, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

17. Tina Lattanzi

Actress | Il gattopardo

Tina Lattanzi was born on December 5, 1897 in Licenza, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Leopard (1963), The Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960) and Beatrice Cenci (1941). She died on October 25, 1997 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

18. Marino Masé

Actor | Il gattopardo

Marino Masé was born on March 21, 1939 in Trieste, Italy. Like many young actors, he started his career on stage before making his film debut opposite Roger Moore in the 1960 adventure-comedy Romulus and the Sabines (1961). His early film roles saw him working with many prominent European ...

19. Marcella Rovena

Actress | La strada

Marcella Rovena was born on January 22, 1905 in Conegliano, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Road (1954), The Leopard (1963) and Stasera sciopero (1951). She was married to Ermanno Contini. She died on August 9, 1998 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

20. Howard Nelson Rubien

Actor | Il gattopardo

Howard Nelson Rubien was born on June 18, 1901 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Leopard (1963), La marcia su Roma (1962) and Hercules Against the Mongols (1963). He died on September 10, 1980 in Rome, Italy.

21. Rina De Liguoro

Actress | Il gattopardo

Rina De Liguoro was born on July 24, 1892 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. She was an actress and producer, known for The Leopard (1963), Savitri Satyavan (1923) and Assunta Spina (1930). She was married to Wladimiro De Liguoro. She died on April 15, 1966 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

22. Valerio Ruggeri

Actor | Il gattopardo

Valerio Ruggeri was born on February 12, 1934 in Cinisello Balsamo, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Leopard (1963), Bel Ami (1979) and Dirty Weekend (1973). He died on July 4, 2015 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

23. Olimpia Cavalli

Actress | Il gattopardo

Olimpia Cavalli (30 August 1930 - 29 March 2012) was an Italian actress. Born in Cadeo, she was mainly active between the late fifties and mid-sixties. After being a star on avanspettacolo alongside Erminio Macario, she made her film debut in 1959 in the comedy "La cambiale" by Camillo Mastrocinque...

24. Giovanni Melisenda

Actor | Il gattopardo

Giovanni Melisenda is known for The Leopard (1963).

25. Anna Maria Surdo

Actress | Il gattopardo

Anna Maria Surdo was born on January 16, 1937 in Zuara, Libya. She is an actress, known for The Leopard (1963), Planets Around Us (1962) and La voglia matta (1962). She was previously married to Nico Fidenco.

26. Giancarlo Lolli

Actor | Il gattopardo

Giancarlo Lolli is known for The Leopard (1963), Screw Loose (1999) and La ripetente fa l'occhietto al preside (1980).

27. Halina Zalewska

Actress | Il gattopardo

Halina Zalewska was born in 1940 in Poland. She was an actress, known for The Leopard (1963), The Police Are Blundering in the Dark (1975) and Omicidio per appuntamento (1967). She died on August 19, 1976 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

28. Franco Gulà

Actor | Il gattopardo

Franco Gulà was born on January 11, 1899 in Caltanissetta, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Leopard (1963), Born to Kill (1967) and Go for Broke (1968). He died on June 2, 1970 in Rome, Italy.

29. Winni Riva

Actress | Il gattopardo

Winni Riva was born on July 10, 1918 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Leopard (1963), 1900 (1976) and Il garofano rosso (1976). She died on June 12, 1996 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

30. Vittorio Duse

Actor | The Godfather Part III

Vittorio Duse was born on March 21, 1916 in Loreto, Marche, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for The Godfather Part III (1990), Il nostro campione (1955) and The Leopard (1963). He died on June 2, 2005 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

31. Stelvio Rosi

Producer | Anaconda

Stelvio Rosi was born on August 1, 1938 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and producer, known for Anaconda (1997), The Leopard (1963) and They Were Called Three Musketeers But They Were Four (1973). He died on December 19, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

32. Vanni Materassi

Actor | Il gattopardo

Vanni Materassi was born on November 2, 1932 in Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Leopard (1963), Cheers to Cyanide (1968) and The Prisoner of the Iron Mask (1961). He died on September 16, 2011 in Rome, Italy.

33. Carlo Palmucci

Actor | Romeo and Juliet

Carlo Palmucci was born on February 8, 1942 in Grosseto, Italy. He is an actor, known for Romeo and Juliet (1968), The Leopard (1963) and Burn! (1969).

34. Giuseppe Stagnitti

Actor | Il gattopardo

Giuseppe Stagnitti is known for The Leopard (1963), Mafioso (1962) and The Art of Getting Along (1954).

35. Dante Posani

Actor | Il gattopardo

Dante Posani was born on January 4, 1940 in Benghazi, Libya. He is an actor, known for The Leopard (1963), Lucky, el intrépido (1967) and Djurado (1966).

36. Carmelo Artale

Actor | Il gattopardo

Carmelo Artale is known for The Leopard (1963), Il magnifico avventuriero (1963) and Pray to God and Dig Your Grave (1968).

37. Rosolino Bua

Actor | Il gattopardo

Rosolino Bua was born on March 3, 1901 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Leopard (1963), I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli) (1948) and Il marchese di Roccaverdina (1972). He died on February 28, 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

38. Ivo Garrani

Actor | Waterloo

Ivo Garrani was born on February 6, 1924 in Introdacqua, Abruzzo, Italy. He was an actor, known for Waterloo (1970), The Leopard (1963) and The Slave (1962). He was married to Lidia Gheducci. He died on March 25, 2015 in Rome, Italy.

39. Leslie French

Actor | The Avengers

Leslie French was born on April 23, 1904 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Avengers (1961), The Living Daylights (1987) and The Leopard (1963). He died on January 21, 1999 in Surrey, England, UK.

40. Serge Reggiani

Actor | Il gattopardo

The notably gifted, multi-talented actor, chanteur, poet and painter Serge Reggiani was born in Reggio Emilia, a town in northern Italy, in 1922. His father, a highly visible anti-fascist, fled his Mussolini-dictated homeland due to his fervent political activities and emigrated to France in order ...

41. Pippo Agusta

Actor | Un uomo in ginocchio

Pippo Agusta is known for Un uomo in ginocchio (1979), Seven Hills of Rome (1957) and Lo zio di Brooklyn (1995).

42. Marie Bell

Actress | Un carnet de bal

Marie Bell was born on December 23, 1900 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for Life Dances On (1937), Madame Récamier (1928) and La garçonne (1936). She was married to Jean Chevrier. She died on August 14, 1985 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

43. Omero Capanna

Stunts | Daylight

Omero Capanna was born on April 4, 1942 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Daylight (1996), The Passion of the Christ (2004) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). He died on October 11, 2003.

44. Lou Castel

Actor | I pugni in tasca

Lou Castel was born on May 28, 1943 in Bogotá, Colombia. He is an actor and director, known for Fists in the Pocket (1965), A Bullet for the General (1967) and The Birth of Love (1993).

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46. Maurizio Merli

Actor | Roma a mano armata

Though it can be said that he only gained fame as an actor because he bore such a heavy resemblance to Italian actor Franco Nero, Maurizio Merli was a very versatile and charismatic leading man in Italian cinema throughout the 1970's. His first appearance was in the Luchino Visconti film The Leopard...

47. Augusto Pescarini

Actor | Le massaggiatrici

Augusto Pescarini is known for Le massaggiatrici (1962), Django Defies Sartana (1970) and The Ugly Ones (1966).

48. Paola Piscini

Actress | Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa...

Paola Piscini is known for Sandra (1965) and ...and the Wild Wild Women (1959).

49. Amalia Troiani

Actress | Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa...

Amalia Troiani is known for Sandra (1965) and That Splendid November (1969).

50. Ernesto Almirante

Actor | Lo sceicco bianco

Ernesto Almirante (24 September 1877 - 13 December 1964) was an Italian film and stage actor. Born in Mistretta into a family of actors, Almirante worked several years on stage along his father Nunzio. He was also active as agent and organizer of several stage companies. After an occasional film ...

51. Gino Santercole

Actor | Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro

Gino Santercole was born on November 23, 1940 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor and composer, known for They Were Called Three Musketeers But They Were Four (1973), Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959) and Marco Polo (1982). He was married to Melù Valente and Anna Moroni. He died on June 8, 2018 in...

52. Michela Roc

Actress | L'unica legge in cui credo

Michela Roc was born on November 19, 1941 in Latina, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for L'unica legge in cui credo (1976), Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961) and Red Lips (1960). She died on April 29, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

53. Pino Caruso

Actor | Ride bene... chi ride ultimo

Pino Caruso was born on October 12, 1934 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977), Lei è colpevole, si fidi! (1985) and La governante (1974). He was married to Marilisa Ferzetti. He died on March 7, 2019 in Sacrofano, Lazio, Italy.

54. Tuccio Musumeci

Actor | Acquasanta Joe

Tuccio Musumeci was born on April 21, 1934 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Acquasanta Joe (1971), Lo voglio maschio (1971) and L'adolescente (1976).