Successes and falls. This is how we can summarize the career of Paolo Calissano, who passed away on December 30, at the age of 54, perhaps due to a mix of drugs to fight depression. The economic comfort, but also his physical prowess failed to give the actor the peace and tranquility that he was looking for so much. Those who knew him describe him as a good person, but too fragile to survive in show business. For years, Calissano had distanced himself a little from everyone, living almost as a recluse as his former partner Fabiola Palese told the investigators. Due to a drug story in which a Brazilian dancer died, the same actor – in an interview – vented by saying “In Italy they closed the doors to me. I pay dearly for my mistakes”.From the degree in economics in Boston to the ‘Magnum’ commercial
Born in Genoa on February 18, 1967, son of the entrepreneur Vittorio, a former Air Force officer, and of Mercedes Galeotti de ‘Teasti of the accounts of Mantua – As a boy he plays in the youth sector of Sampdoria in the role of goalkeeper, he then went to study in the United States and graduated in economics from Boston University.
In 1990, also in Boston, he studied acting at the ‘School of Arts’ and then began an acting career. In 1993 he appeared in the television commercial of the ‘Magnum’ ice cream and after some experiences as a photo novel actor he made his debut in cinema and television. At the cinema it was also directed by Neri Parenti and Vanzina
Among the films in which he participated we remember: Palermo Milan – One way, directed by Claudio Fragasso (1995); “Cucciolo” by Neri Parenti (1998); “What girls don’t say” by Carlo Vanzina (2000) and “Not all is lost” by Francesco Bellomo (2021). From ‘Doctor Gio’ to ‘Vivere’. “Games without borders” among the programs
On TV, the actor had achieved popularity thanks to series such as’ General Hospital ‘,’ Doctor Gio ‘,’ Linda and the brigadier ‘and above all to the soap’ Vivere ‘and’ Vento di west ‘. Calissano had also taken part in various programs such as: “Games without borders” (1993-1994) and “Entry ban” together with Natalia Estrada. In 1995-1996 alongside Samantha de Grenet he took part in the amateur video format “8mm”. In 2004 the island of the famous arrives
In 2000 he was the protagonist of the video clip “Mi amor” by Ivana Spagna. In 2004 he participated in the reality show “Island of the Famous”, but voluntarily left the program prematurely due to a knee injury. In 2014 he returns to television after four years on the occasion of an interview with Barbara d’Urso. In 2018 his last appearance on TV, in the Rai1 fiction ‘Non dirlo al mio capo 2’. 2005 arrest for the death (overdose) of a Brazilian dancer
At the height of his success, in 2005 he was arrested for the overdose death of a Brazilian dancer, Ana Lucia Bandeira Bezerra, at his home in Genoa and negotiated a four-year sentence, serving it in the drug rehabilitation community ‘Fermata d ‘bus from Trofarello (Turin). He had then obtained the pardon. He had returned to acting at the Brancaccio in Rome in the musical ‘A step from the dream’, in 2007.
On February 13, 2008, he is once again the center of public attention following a car accident. He is admitted to the psychiatric division of the San Martino hospital in Genoa with symptoms such as cold sweat and chest pain. The first toxicological tests still show traces of cocaine in his body. From the clinical tests carried out in the following days it emerges that Calissano had arrived in the hospital in a state of psychophysical alteration due to the use of hallucinogens and was in possession of a modest amount of cocaine.
