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Apr 15, 2016 · Zeffirelli is an invented name meaning ‘little breezes’ because as he was born out of an affair between his mother and Ottorino Corsi, from Vinci, and both of them were married, he couldn’t be given either of their names.
His father, Ottorino Corsi, was a respected wool and silk merchant but inveterate womanizer, and his mother, Alaide Garosi, was a fashion designer who owned a dressmaking shop.
Jul 19, 2021 · Ottorino Corsi. Birthdate: 1883. Birthplace: Vinci, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Death: Florence. Immediate Family: Son of NN Corsi.
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His mother was seamstress and clothes designer Alaide Garosi, and his father was fabric merchant Ottorino Corsi — both of whom were married to others when Zeffirelli was conceived.
His father was Ottorino Corsi, a merchant in Florence who fathered several children out of wedlock. Corsi's liaison with Alaide Garosi, a married fashion designer, produced a baby boy in...
Jun 15, 2019 · His father, Ottorino Corsi, worked in textiles. An invalided lothario, he spent the Great War impregnating lonely Florentine wives. “God knows how many brothers or sisters I came across, because my father wouldn’t tell me.”
Jun 15, 2019 · Mr. Zeffirelli was born in Florence on Feb. 12, 1923. His father, Ottorino Corsi, was a Florentine businessman, and his mother, Alaide Garosi, was a fashion designer.
