{{Short description|Italian actor (1945–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Gigio Morra | image = Gigio-Morra-nonfree-resize.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Luigi Morra | birth_date = {{birth date text|26 August 1945}} | birth_place = Naples, Italy | death_date = {{death-date and age|10 March 2024|26 August 1945}} | death_place = Naples, Italy | years_active = | activity = }}
'''Luigi "Gigio" Morra''' (26 August 1945 – 10 March 2024) was an Italian actor, whose career spanned over 50 years.
==Life and career== Born in Naples, Morra studied at the Accademia d’arte drammatica di Napoli, graduating in 1966.<ref name=bio>{{cite news |last1=Corbo |first1=Emanuele |title=Morto Gigio Morra, addio all'attore di "Un posto al sole" |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2024/03/11/morto-gigio-morra-addio-allattore-di-un-posto-al-sole-il-dolore-della-moglie-mi-ha-lasciato-nella-piu-grande-disperazione/7475437/ |access-date=12 March 2024 |work=Il Fatto Quotidiano |date=11 March 2024 |language=it-IT}}</ref> He started his career on stage with Carlo Cecchi, who gave him the nickname Gigio, after then popular puppet Topo Gigio.<ref name="int">{{cite news |last1=Valentino |first1=Gianni |title=Gigio Morra: "Attore per caso, ma sempre felice di ascoltare applausi e risate" |url=https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/01/07/news/gigio_morra_attore_ma_per_caso_ma_sempre_felice_di_ascoltare_il_pubblico_applaudire_e_rdere_-185966618/ |access-date=12 March 2024 |work=la Repubblica |date=7 January 2018 |language=it}}</ref>
Morra was mainly active on theatre, where among others he worked in the stage companies of Eduardo De Filippo, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Maurizio Scaparro, Luca De Filippo, and Toni Servillo.<ref name="bio" /> He made his film debut in 1976, in Marco Bellocchio's ''Victory March'', and worked with Lina Wertmüller, Matteo Garrone, Nanni Moretti, Mario Martone, Marco Risi, Gianni Di Gregorio, Antonio Capuano, Edoardo Leo, and Riccardo Milani, among others.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Catelli |first1=Daniela |title=Gigio Morra: la scomparsa del noto e amato attore, una vita tra teatro, cinema e tv |url=https://www.comingsoon.it/cinema/news/gigio-morra-la-scomparsa-del-noto-e-amato-attore-una-vita-tra-teatro-cinema/n175838/ |access-date=12 March 2024 |work=ComingSoon.it |date=12 March 2024 |language=it}}</ref> On television, he is best known for the role of Peppino Canfora he played between 2017 and 2019 in the Rai 3 TV-series ''Un posto al sole''.<ref name="bio" /> Morra died on 10 March 2024, at the age of 78.<ref name="bio" />
== Selected filmography == * ''Victory March'' (1976) * ''Sweet Dreams'' (1981) * ''Ciao, Professore!'' (1992) * ''The Dust of Naples'' (1998) * ''Gomorrah'' (2008) * ''Bets and Wedding Dresses'' (2009) * ''Fort Apache Napoli'' (2009) * ''Women vs. Men'' (2011) * ''Dormant Beauty'' (2012) * ''Welcome Mr. President'' (2013) * ''Best Enemies Forever'' (2016) * ''Pericle'' (2016) * ''Omicidio all'italiana'' (2017) * ''5 Is the Perfect Number'' (2019) * ''Pinocchio'' (2019) * ''The King of Laughter'' (2021) * ''Breaking Up in Rome'' (2021) * ''Never Too Late for Love'' (2022) * ''A Brighter Tomorrow'' (2023)
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