Johnny Dorelli
Born: 1937-02-20, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Dorelli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- Arrriva Dorellik (1968)
- Tesoromio (1979)
- Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (1958)
- Amori miei (1978)
- Spogliamoci così, senza pudor... (1976)
- Come perdere una moglie e trovare un'amante (1978)
- Tipi da spiaggia (1959)
- Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983)
- Cantando sotto le stelle (1956)
- Non ti conosco più amore (1980)
- Pane e cioccolata (1974)
- Ciao nemico (1982)
- State buoni se potete (1983)
- Mi faccio la barca (1980)
- Il cappotto di Astrakan (1980)
- Dio li fa poi li accoppia (1982)
- Basta che non si sappia in giro!.. (1976)
- Ma quando arrivano le ragazze? (2005)
- Una sera c'incontrammo (1975)
- Sesso e volentieri (1982)
- Cara sposa (1977)
- Bollenti spiriti (1981)
- Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi (1978)
- Vediamoci chiaro (1984)
- A tu per tu (1984)
- Dimmi che fai tutto per me (1976)
- L'Agnese va a morire (1976)
- Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)
- Divorzio alla siciliana (1963)
- Aggiungi un posto a tavola (1990)