A life dedicated to the profession of actor, always centered on his Naples. Antonio Casagrande he passed away at the age of 91, of which 85 dedicated to his profession, since his debut took place at just 6 years old, a child in ‘Madama Butterfly’.
After the short lyric interlude, his career developed above all within the company of Edward De Filippoboth in the prose shows and in their cinematographic transpositions: from ‘Filumena Marturano’ to ‘Napoli millionaria’, from ‘Saturday, Sunday and Monday’ to the ‘Mayor of the Sanità district’, from ‘These ghosts’ to’ Always tell him yes ‘.
End of the ‘Edwardian’ period, with his son Maurizio Casagrande and with Vincenzo Salemme recites in ‘Love at first sight’ and later in ‘A woman for life’. Her Naples is also present in the films ‘So spoke Bellavista’ by Luciano De Crescenzo and in his latest film effort, directed by Sergio Rubini in ‘I Fratelli De Filippo’, as if to close a human and professional circle.
(from Enzo Bonaiuto)