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Lamberto Maggiorani

1909 - 1983

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Lamberto Maggiorani (28 August 1909 – 22 April 1983) was an Italian actor remembered for his portrayal of Antonio Ricci in the 1948 Vittorio De Sica film Bicycle Thieves. He was a factory worker (he worked as a turner) and a non-professional actor at the time he was cast in this film. He earned 600,000 lire ($1,000 US) for his performance, enabling him to buy new furniture and treat his family to a vacation; but when he returned to the factory he was laid off because business was slackening and management felt it would be fairer to terminate him instead of other impoverished co-workers since he was perceived to have "made millions" as a movie star. He found occasional work as a bricklayer, but continued to try to get roles in movies, with little success; even de Sica was reluctant to employ him as anything other than an extra. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lamberto Maggiorani is the 2,329th most popular actor (down from 1,869th in 2019), the 2,595th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,352nd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Italian Actor.

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Among actors, Lamberto Maggiorani ranks 2,329 out of 13,578. Before him are Sue Lyon, Sonja Ziemann, Robert Donat, Eileen Essell, Olivia Williams, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. After him are Dan Castellaneta, Mira Sorvino, Cary Elwes, Mabel Normand, John McCook, and Judith Malina.

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Among people born in 1909, Lamberto Maggiorani ranks 146. Before him are Aenne Burda, Shigeo Shingo, Richard Wurmbrand, Bert Patenaude, Gene Krupa, and Henri Alekan. After him are Géza Toldi, Max Baer, Stephen Cole Kleene, Georg Konrad Morgen, Luigi Villoresi, and Kató Lomb. Among people deceased in 1983, Lamberto Maggiorani ranks 105. Before him are Fritz Machlup, Anthony Blunt, Shūji Terayama, John Williams, Vladimir Bakarić, and Romain Maes. After him are Ada Blackjack, Maurice Bishop, Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, Thomas S. Gates Jr., Louise Weiss, and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lamberto Maggiorani ranks 2,595 out of 5,161. Before him are Letizia Battaglia (1935), Moretto da Brescia (1498), Franchinus Gaffurius (1451), Simone Peterzano (1540), Elio Vittorini (1908), and Andrea Guarneri (1626). After him are Juliana Falconieri (1270), Guidobaldo del Monte (1545), Mastino II della Scala (1308), Luis Egidio Meléndez (1716), Umberto Caligaris (1901), and Magda Olivero (1910).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Lamberto Maggiorani ranks 83. Before him are Ottavia Piccolo (1949), Simonetta Stefanelli (1954), Caterina Boratto (1915), Silvana Pampanini (1925), Anna Galiena (1954), and Eleonora Rossi Drago (1925). After him are Debora Caprioglio (1968), Leopoldo Trieste (1917), Paul Henreid (1908), Milena Vukotic (1935), Agostina Belli (1949), and Daria Nicolodi (1950).

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