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Lino BanfiKnight Grand Cross OMRI (bornPasquale Zagaria; 9 July 1936) is an Italian actor and screenwriter. Since 1960 he has appeared in more than 100 films.
Banfi was born in theApulian city ofAndria, and at the age of three he moved toCanosa di Puglia. He started his career as a local singer and as afotoromanzi actor.[1] In 1954, determined to realize his aspiration to be an actor, he moved to Milan, where he encountered great economic and work difficulties, before moving to Rome in 1957, where he eventually started his professional stage career.[1] Initially performing asLino Zaga, he was part of numerous avanspettacolo companies, including those led byAlberto Sorrentino andBeniamino Maggio.[2]
During his career, nearly all of Lino Banfi's characters spoke with the distinctive pronunciation of theBari dialect. Banfi and his wife Lucia Lagrasta were married since 1962 until her death in February 2023; they have two children: Walter andRosanna, who is also an actress. In 2000, Lino Banfi became aGoodwill ambassador for the Italian National Committee forUNICEF.[4]
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Baldi, Alfredo (2021).Le molte vite di Lino Banfi: Pasquale, Lino... Libero. Edizioni Sabinae.ISBN979-12-80023-19-3.
Bianconcini, Massimiliano (2024).Dalla parte di Lino ...: vai avanti, cretino! : apparizione e storia evolutiva della specie banfiota. Santelli editore.ISBN978-88-9292-899-2.
Italy: Knight Grand Cross of theOrder of Merit of the Italian Republic (27 December 1998)[5]
