2017 HISTORIC AUTOGRAPHS CELEBRITY VITTORIO GASSMAN CUT AUTOGRAPH

2017 HISTORIC AUTOGRAPHS - VINTAGE CELEBRITY CUTSVITTORIO GASSMANAUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHVittorio Gassman , Knight Grand Cross , OMRI ( Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman] ; born Vittorio Gassmann ; 1 September 1922 -- 29 June 2000), [1] popularly known as Il Mattatore , was an Italian theatre and film actor, as well as director. [2]He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors and is often remembered as an extremely professional, versatile, and magnetic interpreter, whose long career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements (which made him greatly popular). [3]In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger . When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre. While rehearsing Hamlet , he began an affair with Anna Maria Ferrero , his 16-year-old Ophelia , which ended his marriage to Winters. He and Winters were forced to work together on Mambo just as their marriage was unraveling, providing fodder for tabloids all over the world. He later voiced Mufasa in the Italian version of The Lion King . read more