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person_profile-Tino Rossi

Tino Rossi Died at age: 76

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Tino Rossi

Date of Birth:

Apr 29, 1907

Country of birth:

France

Died:

Sep 27, 1983

Biography of

Tino Rossi

    Constantin "Tino" Rossi (29 April 1907 – 26 September 1983) was a French singer and film actor of Corsican origin.

    Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, Rossi was gifted with a voice well suited for opera. He became a tenor in the French cabaret style. Later, he appeared in various movies. During his career it is reported he recorded over 2000 songs and he appeared in more than 25 films, the most notable of which was the 1954 production, Si Versailles m'était conté... directed by Sacha Guitry. His romantic ballads had especially women swooning and his art songs by Jules Massenet (1842–1912), Reynaldo Hahn (1875–1947), and other composers, sold out theaters wherever he performed.

    Among his most famous hits, Petit Papa Noel sold over 30 million copies worldwide. Over the course of his 50-year singing career, Tino Rossi recorded over 2000 songs and sold over 200 million albums making him one of the best selling (and mostly forgotten) artists of all time.

    As a young man, Rossi played guitar and sang in many places of his hometown of Ajaccio, but later he went to perform in Marseille and at resort clubs along the French Riviera. In the early 1930s he went to Paris and within a few years achieved enormous success, joining a Columbia Records roster that included the biggest stars of that time such as Lucienne Boyer, Damia, Pills et Tabet, Mireille, and Jean Sablon.

    Rossi's success was greatly aided by songwriter Vincent Scotto (1876–1952), who wrote his first hits and collaborated with him for many years, composing and arranging many of Rossi's songs. Prior to World War II, Rossi was a major box office attraction in the French-speaking world, and expanded his audience in 1938 to the U.S. and Canada during a first visit there. Rossi began his film career with a role in Les Nuits Moscovites (1934); his first real success came with Marinella (1936).

    During the Occupation of France by Nazi Germany Rossi's film career reached its peak, notably with Fièvres (1942), Le Soleil a toujours raison (1943), Mon amour est près de toi (1943) and L'Île d'amour (1944). Like many celebrities, Tino Rossi was arrested on 7 October 1944 by several police officers in search of information on his close Corsican friend, Etienne Leandri, suspected of active collaborationism. Following three months' detention in the prison of Fresnes, near Paris, during which he stubbornly refused the assistance of a lawyer, he was freed from further detention by a judge, who deemed the charge leveled against him void of substance. Tino Rossi who, in October 1943, had loaned his personal car to a resistance network to transport weapons and enable several escapes (including that of a general), accepted—an extremely rare action at the time—exceptional official apologies.

    In 1946 he recorded his song Petit Papa Noël for a movie. The song remained classic for the family and sold several million copies after being released on CD in 1992.

    He is the recipient of the prestigious musical award Grand Prix du Disque.

    Rossi died of pancreatic cancer in 1983 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. His body was transported to Ajaccio for burial in the family grave. His wife died in 2003 aged 79. ...

    Source: Article "Tino Rossi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Tino Rossi

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Filmography of

Tino Rossi

Found 28 Movies in total

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

Franz Schubert (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

The Donkey of Zigliara

Tino Rossi ( Actor )

... 1971

... 1963

Tourments

Jacques Duffot ( Actor )

... 1954

Royal Affairs in Versailles

Un Gondolier ( Actor )

... 1954

Her Last Christmas

Marc Damiani ( Actor )

... 1952

In the Land of the Sun

Titin Olivieri ( Actor )

... 1951

Paris Still Sings!

Self ( Actor )

... 1951

Sending of Flowers

Paul Delmet ( Actor )

... 1950

Marlène

Manuel Ceccaldi ( Actor )

... 1949

Two Loves

Sylvain Vincent / Désiré Vincent ( Actor )

... 1949

The Pretty Miller Girl

Franz Schubert ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1947

Destiny

André Cartier / Fred Cartier ( Actor )

... 1946

Le gardian

Renaud ( Actor )

... 1946

Song of the Clouds

Sylvio ( Actor )

... 1946

The Island of Love

Orsani aka Bicchi ( Actor )

... 1944

My Love is Near You

Jacques Marton ( Actor )

... 1943

Le Chant de l'exilé

Ramon Etcheverry ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1943

Fièvres

le ténor Jean Dupray ( Actor )

... 1942

Lights of Paris

Carlo Ferrari ( Actor )

... 1938

Naples Under the Kiss of Fire

Mario Esposito ( Actor )

... 1937

To the Sound of Guitars

Jeannot ( Actor )

... 1936

Justin de Marseille

Le chanteur ( Actor )

... 1935

Moscow Nights

Le chanteur napolitain ( Actor )

... 1934

... 1934