Achille Majeroni (1824 – 20 January 1888) was an Italian stage actor and manager of a theatrical company. He was the eldest brother of Eduardo Majeroni, who was well known in Australia. His son Achille Majeroni (1881–1964), was an actor with a film career.[1]
History
Majeroni was born in Milan, the eldest son of Eduardo Majeroni, a former officer under Napoleon I, and Antonia Majeroni, née Musich, who claimed noble Hungarian descent. The Majeronis were a long-established family in the Città Alta ("Upper Town") of Bergamo, Lombardy.
He was buried at Bologna and the king telegraphed his condolences. During his lifetime, he had earned in the vicinity of £40,000 and squandered it all on a gracious lifestyle, and his widow and ten children were reduced to poverty.[1]
The famous stage illusionist Amedeo Majeroni (1871–1932) was a grandson, a son of Michele Napoleone "Napoleon" Majeroni (1842–1918), not mentioned in the list above, and Adelaide Bruno (1845–1916)[2]
Sources
Alberto Manzi (1934), "Achille Majeroni" Dizionario biografico degli italiani, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
References
^ abcd"Theatrical Gossip". The Australasian. Vol. XLIV, no. 1147. Victoria, Australia. 24 March 1888. p. 11. Retrieved 12 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Amedeo Majeroni". Triesteillusion. Retrieved 13 March 2021. This article was compiled from information supplied by a descendant, Mrs. Rita Majeroni.