Place of Birth:
Golese
Date of Birth:
1/1/1900
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)
Roman Holiday
Il principe idiota
L'albero della maldicenza
High School
When Women Had Tails
On Trial
Mid-Century Loves
Between Miracles
Gold of Rome
At the Edge of the City
Twelve Hours to Live
Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!
How Funny Can Sex Be?
Rome 11:00
Blue Dolphin - l'avventura continua
The Handsome Devil
Giorno di nozze
Nerone
Giorno di nozze
Casta diva
I Vitelloni
La Cage aux Folles II
Mi permette babbo!
Nina, non far la stupida
Ho perduto mio marito
Il viaggio del signor Perrichon
L'avventura di Annabella
La freccia nel fianco
A Maiden for the Prince
The Materassi Sisters
The Man Who Smiles
The Beasts
Fatty Girl Goes to New York
Mamma, perdonami!
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
La resa di Titì
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Judge Roy Bean
Complexes
Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista
Yes, Giorgio
Daddy's Little Devil
Più bello di così si muore
Rosso e nero
Arabella
The Best Part
Menage Italian Style
La locandiera
Melody of Love
Il ventesimo duca
Non canto più
Le modelle di via Margutta
Lulù
Il nemico
Knights of the Queen
Ricchezza senza domani
Francis the Smuggler
Lo Smemorato
Mademoiselle Nitouche
Spring song
Jealousy
La ragazzola