Pippo Baudo
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Born | Giuseppe Vittorio Raimondo Baudo 7 June 1936 Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily, Italy |
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Years active | 1959–2022 |
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Giuseppe Vittorio Raimondo "Pippo" Baudo (born 7 June 1936) is one of the most famous Italian television presenters, with a career spanning six decades. He is often nicknamed "Superpippo" (referencing the Italian name of
Career
Baudo was born in Militello in Val di Catania. While studying law at the University of Catania, he became involved in entertainment as an actor and host. He also learned to play the piano. He graduated with a degree in law, despite his interest in entertainment. At the end of the 1950s, he became a singer and pianist for Orchestra Moonlight. In 1959, for the first time, Pippo appeared on Italian TV during a "Caravella dei Successi" episode, broadcast from Palermo.
He gained success hosting several
In the 1970s, he helped establish and work for the
On the opening night of the Sanremo Music Festival 1995, shortly after the beginning of the show a man, Pino Pagano, sat on the edge of the gallery of the theatre showing his intention to commit suicide by jumping below: he was eventually stopped by Baudo himself amid the applause of the audience.[1]
In 1997, he signed again with Mediaset, but his shows "La canzone del secolo" and "Tiramisù" had very little success. In 1999, Baudo was asked by
In 2002, he hosted the
In 2008, he hosted, for his thirteenth time, the Sanremo Music Festival, succeeding Mike Bongiorno, who hosted eleven times.
Personal life
In 2004, Baudo and his wife, Italian soprano Katia Ricciarelli, divorced, who had been married since 1986. He has two children, Alessandro, born in 1962, who lives in Australia, and Tiziana, born in 1970 from his first wife.
Acting credits
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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1968 | Zum zum zum - La canzone che mi passa per la testa | Himself | Cameo appearance |
1969 | Zum zum zum n° 2 | ||
Il suo nome è Donna Rosa | Duke Pippo | ||
1970 | W le donne | Colonel Bertoluzzi | |
1980 | Delitto in via Telauda | Himself | Television film |
1981 | L'esercito più pazzo del mondo | Cameo appearance | |
1982 | Casa Cecilia | The presenter | Episode: "Un genio in famiglia" |
1983 | "FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" | Himself | Cameo appearance |
1985 | I Am an ESP | ||
1990 | I promessi sposi | Pennellone | TV series; main role |
1993 | Anni 90: Parte II | Himself | Cameo appearance |
2004 | Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano - La vera storia di Franco e Ciccio | Documentary film | |
2010 | L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo | ||
2011 | All at Sea | Cameo appearance |
Honours
References
- ISBN 978-8863462296.
- ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
External links
- Pippo Baudo at IMDb