Rossano Brazzi

Director | Actor | Writer

Date of birth : 09/18/1916

Date of death : 12/24/1994

City of birth : Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Rossano Brazzi was an Italian stage and film actor. He was married to Lydia Brazzi until her death, and to Ilse Fischer, his second wife, until his death. He's most familiar to English-speaking audiences for his role as Emile De Becque in South Pacific (1958), playing opposite Mitzi Gaynor. He died in Rome of complications following a neural virus, on December 24, 1994.