Franco Nero (born 23 November 1941) is an Italian actor.
Nero was born Francesco Sparanero in San Prospero, Emilia-Romagna, and grew up in Bedonia and in Milan. He studied briefly at the Economy and Trade faculty of the local university, before leaving to study at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano.
His romantic involvement with British actress Vanessa Redgrave began in 1967 when they met on the set of Camelot. In 1969, they had a son, Carlo Gabriel Sp...
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Franco Nero (born 23 November 1941) is an Italian actor.
Nero was born Francesco Sparanero in San Prospero, Emilia-Romagna, and grew up in Bedonia and in Milan. He studied briefly at the Economy and Trade faculty of the local university, before leaving to study at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano.
His romantic involvement with British actress Vanessa Redgrave began in 1967 when they met on the set of Camelot. In 1969, they had a son, Carlo Gabriel Sparanero (known professionally as Carlo Nero), a screenwriter and director. After separating for many years, during which they both had relationships with other people, they reunited and married on December 31, 2006. Carlo Nero directed Vanessa Redgrave in the cinematic adaptation of Wallace Shawn's play The Fever.
Nero walked his stepdaughter Natasha Richardson down the aisle when she married her husband actor Liam Neeson. Natasha died on March 18, 2009, due to a skiing-related head injury.
In 1987, while filming in Cartagena, (Colombia) he...
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