Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Date of Birth: February 16, 1963
Ethnicity: Italian (including Sicilian)
Family Background: Claudio Amendola is an Italian actor, television presenter and director.
He is the son of actors and dubbers Ferruccio Amendola and Rita Savagnone. His father was the Italian voice of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Sylvester Stallone and Dustin Hoffman, among others. His mother has dubbed most notably Vanessa Redgrave, Shirley MacLaine and Claudia Cardinale. Claudio’s grand-uncle (grandfather’s brother) was director and screenwriter Mario Amendola. Claudio’s aunt, Anna Maria “Deddi” Savagnone, was an actress and dubber. Claudio has a son with his partner, actress Francesca Neri (link). His daughter from a previous relationship is dubber Alessia Amendola. On his mother’s side, Claudio is a first cousin, once removed, of notable conductor Claudio Abbado.
Caludio’s paternal grandparents were Federico Amendola and Amelia Ricci. They were from Rome, Latium, Italy.
Claudio’s maternal grandparents were Giuseppe Savagnone (the son of Francesco Guglielmo Savagnone and Marianna) and Rosella Marraffa. They were from Palermo, Sicily.
Claudio was baptized as Roman Catholic. Some websites has mentioned him as having Jewish roots. Claudio has (https://www.blitzquotidiano.it/) denied these rumours.
Genealogy of Claudio Amendola – https://www.geni.com/
Claudio’s father at Find a Grave: https://it.findagrave.com/
Biographical sketch of Claudio’s maternal grandfather, Giuseppe Savagnone – http://www.treccani.it/
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