Giorgio Albertazzi

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Giorgio Albertazzi
Born	(1923-08-20)20 August 1923 Fiesole, Kingdom of Italy
Died	28 May 2016(2016-05-28) (aged 92) Roccastrada, Italy
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director
Years active	1949–2016
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse	Pia de Tolomei ​ (m. 2007)​
Partner	Anna Proclemer
Awards	Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1996)

Giorgio Albertazzi (20 August 1923 – 28 May 2016)^[1][2] was an Italian actor and film director.

Born in San Martino a Mensola, Tuscany, Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spent two years in prison for collaborating. Following the amnesty by Palmiro Togliatti he changed from studying architecture to acting.

In the theater Albertazzi debuted in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, and over the following decades starred in a number of classics, many of them for television. From the early 1950s he was also seen on the big screen and appeared in more than 50 films. From 1969, he directed several television films, including the miniseries George Sand in 1981. From 2003, he was the director of the Teatro di Roma.

He had a close friendship with actress Anna Proclemer who appeared with him for many years. In 2007, Albertazzi married his long-standing partner, Pia de Tolomei.

In 1988 he wrote his memoirs.