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Massimo Ranieri (born Giovanni Calone, May 3, 1951), is an Italian pop singer, film and stage actor.
He was born in Naples (at Santa Lucia), the fourth of eight children in the family. When he was 10, young Giovanni would sing at restaurants, wedding receptions, etc. He was discovered by a music producer about 4 years later and was flown to New York to record an EP under the name of Gianni Rock.
He recorded 4 songs in 1964: Tanti auguri signora, Se mi aspetti stasera, Non chiudere la porta, and La Prima Volta. None of the records were successful, because young Gianni’s voice was changing. Two years later, he would later re-emerge under his new stage name, Massimo Ranieri. In 1966, he made his TV debut singing “Bene Mio”. A year later, he made another TV appearance singing, “Pietà per chi ti ama”. In 1968, he recorded 2 more songs: “Da Bambino”, Ma L’amore cos’è” and “Preghiera”. But it wasn’t until 1969, when he really became successful and became a teen idol making all the young girls scream for him, when he sang “O Sole Mio” on live TV. Soon, in most every TV appearance he made, you could hear the girls screaming in the background. That same year, he had a string of hits: “Rita”, “Se bruciasse la citta”, “Quando l’amore diventa poesia”, “Il mio amore resta sempre” and “Zingara”. In 1970, “Vent’anni”, “Sogno d’amore”, “Sei l’amore mio”, “Aranjuez Amore Mio”, “Candida”. During that year, Massimo decided to venture into acting.
His screen debut, Metello received rave reviews by critics, and he even won an award for portraying the title character. He co-starred with Anna Magnani in La Sciantosa, later that year. In 1971, “Adagio Veneziano”, “Via del Conservatorio”, “Io e Te”. He represented Italy in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, where he placed 5th with the song, “L’Amore E’ Un Attimo. ” That same year he had fathered a daughter, Cristiana, out of wedlock with Franca Sebastiani. He didn’t want to have anything to do with her, saying that he was too young and inexperienced, and that it was damage to his career. He didn’t have any contact with her until she was about 20. In 1972, “Ti Ruberei”, “O Surdato ‘nnamurato”, “Erba di Casa Mia”. In 1973, “Amo Ancora Lei”. He returned to the Eurovision Song Contest that year in Luxembourg to represent Italy with “Chi sarà con te”, where he placed 13th. And in 1974, “Te Voglio Bene Assaie”, “Immagina”, “Per Una Donna”. During that year, he filmed Salvo D’Acquisto, where he portrayed a Carabinieri policeman who was executed by the Nazis during World War II.
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Massimo Ranieri Biography / Wiki
Name | Massimo Ranieri |
Also Know | Giovanni Calone, МаÑÑимо Раньери |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Naples, Campania, Italy |
Date of Birth | 1951-05-03 |
Age(as in 2022) | 71 |
Deathday |
Massimo Ranieri Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Bubu | Piero | 1971-02-16 | Bubu leaves his job in a bakery, forces his girl-friend into prostitution, and from then on lives out of the money she makes. The young couple find th… |
Metello | Metello Salani | 1970-03-10 | Metello struggles to escape from the poverty that led to the premature death of his parents, and that is the lot of the working class in northern Ital… |
The Cousin | Enzo | 1974-07-26 | Italian coming of age story about two cousins, Enzo and Agata, told in three stages…. |
Salvo D’Acquisto | Salvo D’Acquisto | 1974-12-03 | … |
Romance | Sandro Zanichelli | 1971-10-29 | Love story between a young man and a married woman. She’s married to a businessman who’s neglecting her. She would like to leave him but she’s afraid … |
Chronicle of a Homicide | Fabio Sola | 1972-02-04 | Roma.During a clash between demonstrating laborers (whose fight the students have joined) a policeman and a student are both killed. The investigating… |
L’ultima volta insieme | Paolo Antonelli | 1981-10-21 | Paul, the son of a senior magistrate Neapolitan, was hired at the law firm of a friend’s parent. The young man thinks he lost his mother, but the woma… |
La meravigliosa avventura di Antonio Franconi | Antonio Franconi | 2011-10-29 | Just before sleeping, a small boy finds a crate of ancient toys: a little circus, lead soldiers and a book about circus legend Antonio Franconi – whos… |
Civico zero | Giuliano | 2007-11-23 | … |
The Ploy | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 2016-03-24 | In the summer of ’75 Pier Paolo Pasolini’s film, “Salò”, is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate p… |
L’ultimo Pulcinella | Michelangelo Fracanzan | 2009-03-13 | An Italian actor (Massimo Ranieri) and his son (Domenico Balsamo) stage a show in a Parisian theater…. |
Questi Fantasmi | Pasquale Lojacono | 2011-11-16 | … |
Sabato, domenica e lunedì | Peppino Priore | 2012-05-01 | … |
To Fly! | Antonio | 1999-01-16 | 1950s. Gege (Giuseppe Cristofaro) is a delicate child who lives in a hard world that does not accept it. He thus takes refuge in the dream to escape t… |
No way out – A broken love | Matteo Della Torre | 2007-06-04 | After seven difficult years, Matteo Dell Torre withdraws his campaign from the crisis. But because of the work, he rarely sees with his wife, with chi… |
Massimo Ranieri – Live dallo Stadio Olimpico | 2010-07-02 | … | |
Fondali notturni | 2002-10-04 | … | |
Napoli milionaria | Gennaro Jovine | 2011-05-04 | … |
Passione | 2010-09-04 | John Turturro tells, shooting alleys and testimonies of real neapolitan people, the history and musical culture of Napoli, attending every event and t… | |
The Courage to Love | Massimo | 2005-06-29 | A picture of humankind in Paris: singers, shows, social gatherings, businessmen, nightclub barmen, bums, shoppers…. |
Hot Potato | Claudio | 1979-02-02 | A factory worker known for his tough attitude and for fighting for workers’ rights starts losing credibility when friends and co-workers see him helpi… |
Death Rage | Angelo | 1976-10-22 | A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin…. |
Tre donne – La sciantosa | Tonino / young soldier | 1971-09-26 | La Sciantosa is part of a project created by writer/director Alfredo Gianetti for the Italian TV. The objective was to portrait a hundred years of Ita… |
A Gun for a Cop | Paolo Palumbo | 1981-01-01 | … |
Pino Daniele – Il tempo resterà | Himself | 2017-03-20 | … |
Riccardo va all’inferno | 2017-11-30 | … | |
Filumena Marturano | Domenico Soriano | 2010-11-30 | … |
Born Winner | Sandro | 1976-01-01 | A young man whose passions are money, beautiful women and racing motorcycles comes up with a scheme that will allow him to combine all three, all whil… |
Pilot Operation | Raffaele | 2007-02-18 | … |
Chaste and Pure | Fernando | 1981-10-30 | Antonio is married to a very wealthy woman but the sole heir of the family fortune is his daughter. He induce his dying wife to swear in the daughter … |
L’ombra nera del Vesuvio | Toni Carità | 1987-02-22 | Two families of the neapolitan camorra fight for the power…. |
La casa dove abitava Corinne | Leonardi | 1996-11-28 | The story of Doriana, a young lawyer, who moves to Rome, because a criminal she convicted has escaped prison and threatens to kill her. But the flat s… |
Sanremo 72. Il Festival da dove non l’avete mai visto | Se stesso | 2022-05-15 | A documentary on the behind the scenes of the 2022 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival…. |
The Man Who Drew God | 2021-10-05 | The rise and fall of a blind artist who has the extraordinary gift of making true-to-life portraits just by listening to human voices, and of becoming… | |
The Light at the Edge of the World | Felipe | 1971-07-16 | Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone membe… |
Le Genre humain, 1re partie : Les Parisiens | 2004-09-15 | … | |
Ferro | Himself | 2020-11-06 | One of the most famous Italian singers opens up about his music and his journey through love and addiction…. |
Mancino naturale | 2022-03-31 | … | |
Priest of Love | Piero Pini | 1981-10-11 | Following the banning and burning of his novel, “The Rainbow,” D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When… |
Habibi, amor mÃo | 1981-03-02 | … | |
I Hate Summer | se stesso | 2020-01-30 | Three families end up in the same rented house. Throughout the summer, they become friends and rediscover how to enjoy life…. |
The Squallor | Self | 2012-09-26 | A documentary about “The Squallor”, Italy’s first and most successful “ghost band” project, created by four big bosses of 70’s-80’s Italian music busi… |
L’ultimo gattopardo – Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo | Self | 2010-09-07 | … |
Massimo Ranieri Directing Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Massimo Ranieri – Live dallo Stadio Olimpico | Director | 2010-07-02 | … |
Napoli milionaria | Director | 2011-05-04 | … |
Writing
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Filumena Marturano | Writer | 2010-11-30 | … |
Questi Fantasmi | Adaptation | 2011-11-16 | … |
Sabato, domenica e lunedì | Adaptation | 2012-05-01 | … |
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