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Johnny Dorelli
ActorBorn February 20, 1937 (87 years)
Johnny Dorelli (born 20 February 1937) is an Italian actor, singer and showman.
Born as Giorgio Guidi in Meda, he debuted as singer in the late 1950s for CGD label. In 1958 he won the Sanremo Festival in duo with Domenico Modugno, with the songs "Nel blu dipinto di blu" (also known as "Volare") and "Piove (Ciao ciao bambina)". "L'immensità" earned Dorelli a ninth place at the 1967 edition of the Sanremo Song Festival.
His greatest success was the musical Aggiungi un posto a tavola, which was also performed at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End in an English version entitled Beyond the Rainbow in 1978.
After a period of absence, he returned to success in the 1980s. In 1983, he played St. Philip Neri in Luigi Magni's TV film State buoni se potete. Dorelli's latest feature film role is in Pupi Avati's Ma quando arrivano le ragazze (2004).
After marriages to actresses Lauretta Masiero and Catherine Spaak (1972–1979), he is currently married to Gloria Guida, a former actress.
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Born as Giorgio Guidi in Meda, he debuted as singer in the late 1950s for CGD label. In 1958 he won the Sanremo Festival in duo with Domenico Modugno, with the songs "Nel blu dipinto di blu" (also known as "Volare") and "Piove (Ciao ciao bambina)". "L'immensità" earned Dorelli a ninth place at the 1967 edition of the Sanremo Song Festival.
His greatest success was the musical Aggiungi un posto a tavola, which was also performed at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End in an English version entitled Beyond the Rainbow in 1978.
After a period of absence, he returned to success in the 1980s. In 1983, he played St. Philip Neri in Luigi Magni's TV film State buoni se potete. Dorelli's latest feature film role is in Pupi Avati's Ma quando arrivano le ragazze (2004).
After marriages to actresses Lauretta Masiero and Catherine Spaak (1972–1979), he is currently married to Gloria Guida, a former actress.
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Filmography
| 2005 | Ma quando arrivano le ragazze? · as Ludovico Zanichelli |
| 1997 | Two for three (TV Series) · as Giorgio |
| 1988 | La coscienza di Zeno · as Zeno Cosini |
| 1984 | A tu per tu · as Emanuele Sansoni |
| 1984 | Cuore (1984) (TV Series) · as Maestro Perboni |
| 1984 | Vediamoci chiaro · as Alberto Catuzzi |
| 1983 | Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio · as Il Mago Gaspar (episodio "il Mago") |
| 1983 | State buoni se potete · as Don Filippo Neri |
| 1982 | Dio li fa poi li accoppia · as Don Celeste Restani |
| 1982 | Sesso e volentieri · as Husband Of Linda / Nino Pacini / Luca / Client Of Antonio / Pino Franceschi / Garbelli / Giorgio Giovanardi / Supermarket Client / Vito Punturieri / Stelio Rapazzoni |
| 1982 | Ciao nemico · as Ten. Federico Tocci |
| 1981 | Bollenti spiriti · as Giovanni Degli Uberti / Guiscardo |
| 1980 | Mi faccio la barca · as Dr. Piero Savelli |
| 1980 | I Don't Understand You Anymore · as Paolo Malpieri |
| 1980 | The Persian Lamb Coat · as Piero / Maurice |
| 1979 | Tesoromio · as Enrico Moroni |
| 1978 | Amori miei · as Marco Rossi |
| 1978 | Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi · as Ottavio Del Bon (segment "il Teorema Gregoriano") |
| 1978 | How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover · as Alberto Castelli |
| 1978 | Aggiungi un posto a tavola · as Don Silvestro |
| 1977 | Il mostro · as Valerio Barigozzi |
| 1977 | Dear Wife · as Alfredo Meneghini |
| 1976 | Spogliamoci così, senza pudor... · as Marco Antonioli (segment "la Visita") |
| 1976 | Basta che non si sappia in giro!.. · as Antonio Bormioli |
| 1976 | And Agnes Chose to Die · as Walter |
| 1976 | Dimmi che fai tutto per me · as Francesco Salmarani |
| 1975 | Una sera c'incontrammo · as Odeon Prandoni |
| 1974 | Bread and Chocolate · as Italian Industrialist |
| 1971 | K2 + 1 (TV Series) · as Manager Alberto |
| 1967 | How to Kill 400 Duponts · as Dorellik |
| 1959 | Tipi da spiaggia · as Giorgio Binotti |
| 1959 | Guardatele ma non toccatele · as Tenente Altieri |
| 1958 | Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche · as Carlo Caprioli |