{{Short description|Italian actor (1913–1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | image = Alberto_Talegalli_1954.jpg | name = Alberto Talegalli | birth_date = {{birth date|1913|10|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Spoleto, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|1961|7|10|1913|10|2|df=yes}} | death_place = Gualdo Tadino, Italy | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1952–1961 }}

'''Alberto Talegalli''' (2 October 1913 &ndash; 10 July 1961) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 37 films between 1952 and 1961. He was born in Pincano (Spoleto) and died in Gualdo Tadino in the province of Perugia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=3310 |title=Alberto Talegalli |work=MyMovies |access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref>

== Life and career == After graduating from the liceo scientifico Talegalli became a bank clerk and a journalist for RAI television.<ref name="bio">{{cite book |last1=Lancia |first1=Enrico |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli artisti : Gli Attori Vol. 2 |date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore |isbn=978-88-8440-269-1 |page=222 |language=it |chapter=Talegalli, Alberto}}</ref> After moving to Rome to pursue his passion for acting, he got the success thanks to Sor Clemente, a macchietta he created and successfully performed on stage, television, radio and in two comedy films by Camillo Mastrocinque.<ref name="bio" /> He died in a car accident, aged 47.<ref name="bio" />

==Selected filmography== * ''Siamo tutti inquilini'' (1953) * ''Two Nights with Cleopatra'' (1953) * ''Angels of Darkness'' (1954) * ''The Country of the Campanelli'' (1954) * ''Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!'' (1954) * ''Love Song'' (1954) * ''Three Strangers in Rome'' (1958) * ''The Friend of the Jaguar'' (1959) * ''Appuntamento a Ischia'' (1960) * ''Who Hesitates is Lost'' (1960)

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== Further reading == * {{cite book |last1=Marini |first1=Umberto |last2=Talegalli |first2=Giuseppe |title=Alberto Talegalli. Da «Il sor Clemente» a «Io e Gerza, la mia contessa» |date=2021 |publisher=Futura |isbn=978-88-3378-083-2 }} * {{cite book |last1=Pergolari |first1=Andrea |title=Alberto Talegalli. Il comico dell'Italia neorealista |date=2025 |publisher=Sagoma |isbn=978-88-6506-197-8 }}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0848019|Alberto Talegalli}} * Franco Della Rosa, "Il Sor Clemente, o: Alberto Talegalli – ironico umorista umbro", http://www.grupporicercafotografica.it/GRF2017-7.pdf p.&nbsp;9. {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Talegalli, Alberto}} Category:Italian male film actors Category:People from Spoleto Category:Male actors from Umbria Category:1913 births Category:1961 deaths Category:20th-century Italian male actors

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