1924Nominee
Best Performance
Greed
Cesare Gravina
Actor
Naples, Italy
January 23, 1858
Biography
From Wikipedia Cesare Gravina (23 January 1858 – 16 September 1954) was an Italian actor of the silent era. He appeared in 60 films between 1912 and 1929. He was born in Naples, Italy. Gravina was an orchestra conductor in his native Italy. As the conductor at La Scala, among the noted vocalists he worked with were Mary Garden and Enrico Caruso. At some point he left music to become a character actor, sharing his reasons for the career change with no one. As the owner of many theatres in South America, Gravina was financially secure enough to retire from motion pictures by 1924, but he preferred to remain in acting.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1925Nominee
Best Performance
The Phantom of the Opera
1915Nominee
Best Performance
Madame Butterfly
Career Highlights
1928Highlight
Best Performance
The Man Who Laughs
1927Highlight
Best Performance
Cheating Cheaters
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Greed
The Phantom of the Opera
The Man Who Laughs