Domenico "Memo" Benassi (21 June 1886 – 24 February 1957) was an Italian stage and film actor who appeared in more than forty films in a mixture of leading and supporting roles.

Born in Sorbolo, Benassi initially formed as a musician, studying cello at the Parma Conservatory.

[1] His professional acting career was launched in the late 1910s by Gualtiero Tumiati, who offered him a role in his stage company after noting him during an amateur theatrical performance.

[1] He was later enrolled in several major theater companies of the time, notably working with Eleonora Duse and Emma and Irma Gramatica.

[2] After the war, he mostly focused on his theatrical career, working with Giorgio Strehler and Luchino Visconti.