Camillo De Riso
actor, director, writer
- Born:
- 1854-11-20, Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies [now Campania, Italy]
- Died:
- 1924-04-02, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Professions:
- actor, director, writer
Biography
On a November day in 1854, Naples—still under the flag of the Two Sicilies—welcomed Camillo De Riso, a boy who would grow into one of early Italian cinema’s busiest talents. Between 1915 and 1917 he steered and starred in three now-legendary silents: the patriotic rallying-cry *Armiamoci e... partite!*, the court intrigue of *La principessa*, and the sultry world of *Nanà*. Fifty miles short of his seventieth birthday, De Riso’s final curtain fell in Rome on 2 April 1924.
