Paola Gassman dead, a life for the theatre

The actress Paola Gassman, daughter of the immense Vittorio and protagonist, together with her husband Ugo Pagliai, of the Italian theater scene, has died at the age of 78. She had been ill for some time. The sad news was given by her lifelong partner, the actor Ugo Pagliai, together with his children Simona and Tommaso and the whole family. She was the artistic daughter of Vittorio Gassman and the prose actress Nora Ricci, she was also the sister of Vittoria Gassman, Alessandro Gassmann and Jacopo Gassman. You graduated in 1968 from the «Silvio D’Amico» Academy of Dramatic Arts and since then you have dedicated yourself almost exclusively to the theatre, with the exception of some significant television appearances, which have seen you present in successful comedies and dramas.

He took part in numerous theatrical performances. Starting from A debt paid by John Osborne, which represented his debut, to then move on to the three years spent in the Teatro Libero company, directed by Luca Ronconi, who produced the famous Furious Orlando, with which he was present in many European countries, also arriving in the United States, culminating in an important television series. Among his most significant shows: Wesker’s kitchendirected by Lina Wertmuller, Ghosts in Ibsen, Family trialby Diego Fabbri, Caesar or no one e Theater is bad in which it was directed by father Vittorio Gassman.

With the Pagliai-Gassman theater company, he staged many shows in both the dramatic and comic genres, interpreting classics by Pirandello, Goldoni and Shakespeare. He acted with directors of the caliber of Squarzina, Castri, Bolognini, Piccardi, Sciaccaluga, Ronconi and Maccarinelli. In recent years with Ugo Pagliai he also dedicated himself to poetry and to all those songs that are linked to his memory and repertoire. In the last period the show has also been noted Romeo and Juliet, a love song, together with her husband. You had also published your autobiography with Marsilio Editore A big family behind you.