Rocco Olivo Net Worth is
$400,000

Mini Biography

Rocco Olivo was created in Chicago, Illinois on July 18, 1928. His parents Vita Maria Cimmarusti and Biagio Olivo had been from a little city in Italy known as Valenzano that is within the province of Bari. The child of Vita Maria and Biagio was the next of five kids. Their 1st child who was simply named Rocco passed on at 12 months old after getting an immunization shot which wiped out 13 other kids from your same town. Later on that yr Vita Maria and Biagio struggling the increased loss of their initial child made a decision to move to AMERICA and settle in Chicago where Rocco who was simply called after his sibling was born. They didn’t settle for lengthy. Because of the major depression and increased assault within the roads of Chicago, Vita Maria and Biagio didn’t feel it had been a good spot to raise a kid so they shifted back again to Valenzano, Italy. As the overall economy in Italy had not been very steady Biagio will be forced to get work in america while his family members continued to be in Italy. For quite some time Biagio traveled backwards and forwards from america to operate and back again to Italy to reunite along with his family members. Sometimes Biagio will be gone for just two or even more years at the same time. Therefore the reunions along with his wife Vita Maria generally produced a fresh sibling for Rocco. For another many years Rocco would welcome his sisters Giacomina, Maria and his baby sibling Vito in to the world. In 1939 immediately after Vito was created, Italy entered the war. His dad got aboard the final ship departing for america and headed back again to discover function. Rocco remembers the battle bulletins explaining the action from the Italian military in Albania, Greece, Yugoslavia, North Africa, Russia, the environment raids, the German profession following the Italian surrender as well as the liberation from the English and American soldiers. As a boy while everything was happening Rocco became familiar with a instructor of dialects by the name of Professore Leopoldo while going to school on the Cathedral of San Rocco. The teacher who performed the church body organ and arranged staged performing and spiritual dramas for the neighborhood community saw which the young guy was delighted and worked up about the theatre and encouraged youthful Rocco to take part in regional performances. Rocco understood he discovered something of great curiosity that he could pursue the others of his existence. A year following the war ended in 1945, Rocco’s dad Biagio who was simply still surviving in America and Vita Maria made a decision to move the family members to Torino, Italy where a few of her family members lived. In Torino Vita Maria could buy a fresh house and opened up a supermarket with the amount of money she experienced saved. During this time period Rocco was drafted in to the Italian military. He offered 11 weeks in the town of Montorio Veronese (a little city near Verona). Very quickly Rocco proceeded to go from being truly a soldier to some trainer and drill trainer had been he instructed troops on how best to operate armed service equipment and weaponry. On his times off Rocco would head to view the opera in the Industry of Verona and sometimes being a background aficionado, would tour Verona. He actually frequented the graves of the true Romeo and Juliet that William Shakespeare published about more than 100 years before. After his stint within the army, after that aged 18, he went to college. Rocco’s skill was immediately acknowledged at the University or college of Torino and by using his fellow college students organized a theatre group and performed many performs by Carlo Goldoni, Giovanni Verga, Peppino and Eduardo De Fillippo, Anton Checkhov and several additional novelist and dramatists. The group obtained enough focus on catch the attention of a town official within the ethnic section of Torino who needed Rocco’s troop to become the first ever to reopen the renowned “Teatro Gobetti”. The movie theater was decreased to rubble and looking for much repair due to the battle. The movie theater reopened with Rocco’s group executing to flocks of individuals eager to benefit from the movie theater after many years of oppression. Rocco’s efficiency was thought to provide tears to the attention of his dad who was back again from america. The achievement of Rocco and his theatrical group allowed them to visit and lengthen their displays to neighboring cities. Among the group’s shows was being in a position to perform and become directed by Silvio D’Amico from the Academy of Roma, who was simply among the leading acting instructors and directors in every of Rome. In 1965 Rocco and his family dropped their beloved husband and father, Biagio Olivo who suffered a stroke. In order to help support his family members after his father’s loss of life Rocco took employment using the FIAT car industry throughout the day while carrying on to perform along with his theatrical troop during the night. A few years afterwards in 1967 his mom decided to proceed to Chicago where all of the Olivo children experienced moved. Rocco continued to be in Italy for a short while however went and be along with his family members in america. During the period of a few years Rocco and the complete family members who had began families of their very own all migrated to California. Today at age 39 he discovered himself in LA. He continuing his imagine performing Italian has by founding the “Teatro D’Arte Italiano”. Rocco met teacher Anna Seldis who was simply teaching Italian at Northridge College or university. Prof. Seldis thought that the very best leads to teaching the German would be acquired combining the usage of the didactical program with assistance from the theatre performing Italian takes on. Rocco who became thinking about Prof. Seldis’ idea teamed up with her and performed “La Giara” by Luigi Pirandello which was performed at Cal Condition College or university Northridge. The achievement of that creation resulted in a tour of shows at local academic institutions like Santa Monica SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Chatsworth SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, El Camino University and UCLA. The hype of the educational experiment captured the eye of Fr. Luigi Donazan (a priest at St Peters Italian Cathedral) who requested that Rocco and his group perform on the Casa Italiana in Downtown LA where in fact the theatrical group would look for a home to execute its takes on for another several years. It was in the Casa Italiana were Rocco met his quickly to become wife Maria A. Ferrari who became a member of the group in 1974. These were wedded in LA that same yr and on March 5th, 1975 Daniel Joseph Olivo was created. A couple of years later on in November 21st 1978, Rocco Biagio Donato Olivo Jr. was created. Both Daniel and Rocco Jr. possess followed within fathers footsteps. Daniel today 31, starting functioning as an professional from enough time he was created and even do several plays along with his dad, mother and sibling and today is normally pursuing an performing and singing profession while used classes using the renowned Milton Katselas in the Beverly Hillsides Playhouse. He offers appeared and worked well in film, tv, theater and it has sung on r / c all over LA and is carrying on to work on the market. Rocco Jr. right now 27 also worked well as a kid acting professional in film, tv, and theatre and began performing lessons with Maestro Giovanni Zavatti. Rocco Jr. lately graduated using a business level from the School of Pepperdine in Malibu, California. and today has began his own effective business in the true estate and mortgage loans industry and it has two offices in Pasadena. Rocco and Maria’s attempts with “Teatro D’ Arte Italiano” possess produced many years of wonderful takes on, benefits and cultural occasions for the Italian community in LA. Having performed such countless takes on in the Casa Italiana such as for example Luigi Pirandello’s: “La Giara”, “L’Uomo dal Fiore in Bocca”, “La Licenza”, Giovanni Vergas’s: “Caccia al Lupo”, “La Lupa”, Eduardo de Filippo’s: “Filumena Marturano”, “Pericolosamente” and Peppino De Filippo’s: “Don Raffaele” “Il Trombone”. The eye from your Italian community about Rocco’s theatre group captured the eye of Gene Dynarski and Robert Burgos, a maker and director who have been going to execute a creation of “THE LADY around the Via Flaminia” and desired Rocco to frantically superstar as Ugo. Rocco happily recognized and starred opposing Sean Penn and Meg Tilly in 1980. Rocco and Sean became good friends and Rocco also befriended Sean’s dad Leo, a well-known actor and tv movie director in his very own correct who asked Rocco to are likely involved in the tv screen series “Mike Hammer” where he performed an extremely funny reverse the shows celebrity Stacy Keach. In the first 1980s the spot of Italy surrounding Naples experienced an earthquake. Rocco collected his troop of stars to perform some shows with all the current proceeds going on the Earthquake relief initiatives. After that in 1984, within an order to market culture within the LA community through the Olympic Video games, Rocco was asked to immediate and star inside a creation of Luigi Pirandello’s “La Giara” where he received an honor for the ‘Greatest SPANISH Play from the town of Los Angeles’. In 1987 he received rave evaluations from various LA Theater Critics for his efficiency as Tomaso in Preston’ Sturges’s “Firmly Dishonorable”. Within a pursuit of marketing Italian culture around LA Rocco and Maria for just two years got a radio plan in Italian for KFOX FM known as “Italia-Italia” between 1987 and 1988. In 1997 he previously a chance to help a pal Rino Piccolo from Naples to create an evening to honor the functions of Franco Zeffirelli at UCLA in which a collection of his movies were demonstrated and a query and answer session happened regarding the popular directors functions. Rocco and Rino had been both honored that night with an honor presented from the popular vocalist Tony Renis for his or her efforts. Rocco continues to be busy employed in the entertainment market since arriving over from Italy in 1967. Lately he co-stared with Paul Sorvino and Ellen Bernstein within an bout of a tv series known as “That’s Existence”. A 12 months afterwards he starred contrary Talia Shire, Burt Youthful and Alyssa Milano within a film known as “Kiss the Bride-to-be”. Rocco also co-starred within a creation of “Idiot’s Joy” aimed by Anthony Caldarella who also published and aimed a film where Rocco appeared previous called “MY BUDDY Jack”. During the period of his career he spent some time working with a lot of Hollywood’s most well-known actors, directors, singers and makers including Francis Ford Coppola, Kevin Kline, Dolly Parton, Sylvester Stallone, Paul Riser, Billy Crystal, Tony Shaloub, Joseph Campanella, Anthony La Paglia, Joe Mantegna, Al Ruscio, Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Cybil Shepard, Tim Daily, Susan Lucci, Robert Loggia, Marco Leonardi, Freddy Rodriquez, Kevin Dillion, and maker Donald Bellisario. Lately he began a objective to teach kids about Italian books and theater simply by producing and staring mainly because Geppetto inside a creation of Pinocchio were kids of the LA community received an opportunity to take action and find out about Italian books. Rocco can be the co-founder from the Pugliese Association of Southern California and person in the Abruzzesi and Molisani Membership along with a former person in such agencies as UNICO of LA, the executing arts branch of The Sons of Italy, the Italian Catholic Federation of South Pasadena, the Federated Italo-Americano, and was the Leader from the Sons of Italy LA Lodge. Rocco and his wife Maria have already been users of St. Peters Italian Chapel since 1974. Today Rocco, right now 78 enjoys hanging out with his close friends, family and folks from the Italian community and is constantly on the function in the entertainment market carrying forth his desire to market Italian tradition and history.

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