Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1900
Place of Birth:
Golese
Italian film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema. She also made a substantial contribution to theatre. She entered film in 1916 in the silent picture Jacobo Ortis directed by Giuseppe Sterni, and made over 80 film appearances between then and 1990. Appearing in several silent films before 1921 she was absent from cinema for some 14 years during which time she made numerous stage appearances. She gained notoriety in 1925 when she appeared in a show as a mermaid exposing her breasts which she saw as natural in the role but caused considerable outrage at the time. She returned to the silver screen in 1936 in the Mario Mattoli film L' Uomo che sorride. She went on to appear in films such as the Carlo Lizzani-directed film Ai margini della metropoli in 1952 in which she appeared alongside the main cast of Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti and Giulietta Masina. Between 1936 and 1956 her career was at its peak and her roles gradually became less numerous in the decades that followed, making a final appearance in the Giorgio Mosa filmBlue dolphin - l'avventura continua in 1990. She died of a stroke aged 95 on 9 April 1995. (wikipedia)
Year | Movie | Role |
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1990 | Blue Dolphin - l'avventura continua | Nonna Giulia |
1983 | Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio | Marchesa del Querceto (episodio "Il mago") |
1982 | Fatty Girl Goes to New York | nonna di Miris |
1982 | Yes, Giorgio | Sister Theresa |
1982 | Più bello di così si muore | madre del conte Nereo |
1980 | La Cage aux Folles II | Mrs. Baldi |
1978 | L'albero della maldicenza | |
1977 | Nerone | Agrippina |
1975 | Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista | Nonna di Paolo |
1974 | The Handsome Devil | Donna Mercedes |
1973 | How Funny Can Sex Be? | Esperia / ('Non è mai troppo tardi') |
1971 | Between Miracles | Immacolata |
1971 | The Beasts | Fachiro's Mother |
1971 | Judge Roy Bean | Victoria |
1970 | When Women Had Tails | leader della tribù di donne delle caverne |
1968 | The Biggest Bundle of Them All | Signora Rosa |
1967 | Arabella | Duchess Moretti |
1965 | A Maiden for the Prince | Madonna Violante |
1965 | Complexes | Baracchi-Croce, assistente di Beozi (II) |
1965 | Menage Italian Style | Carmelina's Mother |
1965 | La ragazzola | Zia Elvira |
1961 | Gold of Rome | Rosa |
1956 | Mi permette babbo! | Sonia Varonowska |
1955 | The Best Part | (uncredited) |
1954 | High School | Madre di Bruno Sacchi |
1954 | On Trial | Madame Bobika |
1954 | Mid-Century Loves | |
1954 | Casta diva | Signora Monti |
1954 | Rosso e nero | Herself |
1954 | Knights of the Queen | Maria, Queen of France |
1954 | Mademoiselle Nitouche | Rosa |
1953 | Roman Holiday | Charwoman |
1953 | At the Edge of the City | Luisa's mother |
1953 | Gli uomini, che mascalzoni! | Madre di Bruno |
1953 | I Vitelloni | Signora Rubini |
1953 | Mamma, perdonami! | Madre di Luisa |
1953 | Lulù | |
1953 | Francis the Smuggler | Pamela la governante |
1953 | Jealousy | La zia baronessa |
1952 | Rome 11:00 | Matilde |
1952 | Melody of Love | Anna |
1951 | Spring song | Lidia |
1950 | Twelve Hours to Live | Luisa, la sorella di Carlo Bacchi |
1946 | Le modelle di via Margutta | La moglie di Andrea |
1945 | La freccia nel fianco | Baronessa Masiero |
1945 | La resa di Titì | |
1945 | Il ventesimo duca | |
1945 | Non canto più | L'impresaria teatrale Greta Arden |
1944 | The Materassi Sisters | |
1944 | La locandiera | |
1943 | Il viaggio del signor Perrichon | La signora Perrichon |
1943 | L'avventura di Annabella | La madre di Annabella |
1943 | Daddy's Little Devil | The College Director |
1943 | Il nemico | Clara Korsen |
1942 | Giorno di nozze | |
1942 | Giorno di nozze | Elena |
1940 | Ricchezza senza domani | Carolina Barra |
1938 | Nina, non far la stupida | Cate, la governante |
1937 | Ho perduto mio marito | Valentina |
1937 | The Man Who Smiles | Contessa Clelia |
1936 | Lo Smemorato | Erminia Nardelli-Buzzi |
1920 | Il principe idiota |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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1969 | Nero Wolfe | Signora Bruner |