{{moresources|date=April 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox actor |image=Gilberto Govi 1948.jpg |caption =Gilberto Govi in the film ''Che tempi!'' (1948) |birth_date=22 October 1885 |birth_place=Genoa, Italy |death_date=28 April 1966 (aged 80) |death_place=Genoa, Italy | occupation = Film and stage actor, screenwriter | years_active = 1942–1960 }}
'''Amerigo Armando Gilberto Govi''' ({{IPA|it|dʒilˈbɛrto ˈɡɔːvi}}; 22 October 1885 – 28 April 1966) was an Italian film and stage actor and screenwriter. He was the founder of the Genoese Dialectal Theatre.<ref name=r1>{{cite web|url=http://digilander.libero.it/paolore2/cult_tradiz/govi.html|title=Il mito di Gilberto Govi|work=libero.it|language=it}}</ref>
Among his greatest successes were {{lang|lij|I manezzi pe majâ na figgia}} ({{lang|it|I maneggi per maritare una figlia}}, "How to marry off one's daughter"), ''Pignasecca e Pignaverde'' ("Dry Pinecone and Green Pinecone") and ''Colpi di Timone'' ("Rudder blows"). Also famous in Italy, especially Genoa and Liguria, are ''Quello bonanima'' ("The one who had a good soul"), ''Gildo Peragallo, ingegnere'' ("Gildo Peragallo, engineer"), ''I Gustavino e i Passalacqua'' ("The Gustavinos and the Passalacquas") and ''Sotto a chi tocca'' ("Who's next?").
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==Sources== {{Commons category|Gilberto Govi}} *{{cite book|first=Maurizio|last= Ternavasio|title= Gilberto Govi. Vita d'attore|trans-title=Gilberto Govi. Life of an actor|language=it|publisher=Lindau|location=Turin|year=2001}} * {{IMDb name|0332864}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Govi, Gilberto}} Category:1885 births Category:1966 deaths Category:Film people from Genoa Category:Male actors from Genoa Category:Theatre people from Genoa