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Annicchiarico (1924-03-02)2 March 1924 Verona, Italy Died 20
December 1991(1991-12-20) (aged 67) Milan, Italy Occupation
actor Years active 1946 - 1991  Walter Chiari, stage name of
Walter Annicchiarico (8 March 1924 - 20 December 1991), was a
hugely successful Italian stage and screen actor, mostly in
comedy roles.   Born in Verona, Chiari achieved a certain degree
of international success in films such as The Little Hut (1957),
Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Chimes at Midnight (1966), and The
Valachi Papers (1972). He appeared opposite Anna Magnani in
Luchino Visconti's film Bellissima (1951). He also appeared on
Broadway in the musical The Gay Life (1961).  In the late 1950s
and '60s he was one of the main protagonists of the "Dolce
Vita", the glitzy and glamorous Italian jet-set scene, centered
in Rome and especially focused on the booming cinema industry he
was so at ease with.  During