Trivia

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In 1952 he met Paola Orlowa, revue actress and dancer, who became his lifelong partner; they had a son, Aldo.

After graduating in accountancy, Besozzi made his acting debut in the Irma Gramatica's theatre company. In a short time he became popular as a brilliant actor, working with some of the biggest stage names of the time, including Ruggero Ruggeri, Vittorio De Sica, Dario Niccodemi, Andreina Pagnani, Dina Galli, Sarah Ferrati, Armando Falconi, Enrico Viarisio, Ernesto Almirante.

Nino Besozzi was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1931 and 1970.

Gifted with a flexible voice, which he also played with through nasal effects, he took part in various radio broadcasts, especially in the 1950s : from revues such as Zig Zag (1950) and Fermo posta (1956) to comedies such as Viaggio di piacere by Gondinet (1956, directed by Enzo Convalli ), Bettina by de Musset (1958, directed by Nino Meloni ) and Ricordati di Cesare by Davion (1959, directed by Alessandro Brissoni ), with Lina Volonghi and Alfredo Bianchini .

Besozzi also participated in numerous editions of the television advertising column Carosello.

He had his cinema breakout in The Private Secretary (1931), and got numerous leading roles in the Fascist-era popular genre Telefoni Bianchi; after the war he was mainly active as a comedic character actor.

In the early 1950s he got a large personal success on stage with the comedy play Siamo tutti milanesi.

He also worked on radio and television.

Nino Besozzi was also a valuable caricaturist, designer and painter.