Ernesto Calindri

Italian actor (1909–1999)

Ernesto Calindri

Born	(1909-02-05)5 February 1909 Certaldo, Italy
Died	9 June 1999(1999-06-09) (aged 90) Milan, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1938–1989

Ernesto Calindri (5 February 1909 – 9 June 1999) was an Italian theater and film actor.^[1]^[2] He appeared in 40 films between 1938 and 1989. He is often remembered in Italy for a series of TV commercials for a well-known brand of Italian artichoke-based bitter liqueur, Cynar, with the catchphrase "Contro il logorio della vita moderna" ("Assuaging the wear-and-tear of modern life") which showed him sitting at a café table surrounded by traffic drinking and reading the paper in relaxed fashion.^[3]

Selected filmography

Golden Arrow (1935)
It Always Ends That Way (1939)
I'll Always Love You (1943)
The Children Are Watching Us (1944)
A Night of Fame (1949)
Songs in the Streets (1950)
L'ultimo amante (1955)
The Most Wonderful Moment (1957)
Policarpo (1959)

References

^ III, Harris M. Lentz (1 July 2000). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786409198. Retrieved 1 October 2018 – via Google Books.
^ "Addio Calindri: Attore Gentiluomo". La Repubblica. 9 June 1999. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "Cynar Advertisement ca. 1965". Youtube.