Franco Zeffirelli

Gianfranco Corsi

Born February 12, 1923· Florence, Tuscany, Italy

† Died June 15, 2019

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Born on the outskirts of Florence to parents whose marriage prevented them from using their surnames, he was given the misspelled name Zeffirelli. After his mother died at six, he was raised among English expatriates, studied fine arts and architecture in Florence, fought with the Resistance, then turned to theatre inspired by Olivier’s Henry V. He broke into cinema with a sumptuous The Taming…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources