Alessandro Momo

Italian actor

Alessandro Momo

Born	(1956-11-26)26 November 1956 Rome, Italy
Died	19 November 1974(1974-11-19) (aged 17) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969–1974

Alessandro Momo (26 November, 1956 – 19 November, 1974) was an Italian actor, most noted for his role in 1973's Malizia and in 1974's Scent of a Woman. He died in a motorcycle accident in Rome on 19 November 1974, a few days before he would have turned 18.

Biography

Career

He began his career very young, as the protagonist in a series of fotoromanzi, also appearing together with Giusva Fioravanti.

He became famous thanks to his performances in the various film including The Police Serve the Citizens?, Lovers and Other Relatives, The Night of the Assassin, La scoperta and his role in Profumo di donna (Scent of a Woman), by Dino Risi, where he co-starred with Vittorio Gassman and Agostina Belli.

Death

Momo died from a motorcycle accident in the weeks following the end of the making of the film Scent of a Woman. The motorcycle that had the fatal accident, a Honda CB750, was lent by his friend Eleonora Giorgi, who left for a trip; the actress was later investigated for reckless expectations because Momo was not yet 18 years of age and was not entitled to drive a motorcycle, according to the regulations at the time. Some time later, the singer Patrizio Sandrelli dedicated a song to his memory, which had some success, "Fratello in amore" ("Brother in Love").^[1]

Filmography

La Scoperta (The Discovery) (1969)
Il divorzio (The Divorce) (1970) - Fabrizio - the son
Appuntamento col disonore (Rendezvous with Dishonour / The Night of the Assassin) (1970) - Alexander
Malizia (Malicious) (1973) - Nino
La Polizia è al Servizio del Cittadino? (The Police Serve the Citizens?) (1973) - Michele
Il vero Coraggio (True Courage) (1973, TV Movie) - Agide
Lovers and Other Relatives (Peccato Veniale / Venial Sin) (1974) - Sandro
Profumo di Donna (Scent of a Woman) (1974) - Giovanni Bertazzi, aka Ciccio (final film role)