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)
1990 | Blue Dolphin - l'avventura continua as Nonna Giulia |
1983 | Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio as Marchesa del Querceto (episodio "Il mago") |
1982 | Cicciabomba as nonna di Miris |
1982 | Yes, Giorgio as Sister Theresa |
1982 | Più bello di così si muore as madre del conte Nereo |
1980 | La Cage aux folles II as Mrs. Baldi |
1978 | L'albero della maldicenza |
1977 | Nerone as Agrippina |
1975 | Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista as Nonna di Paolo |
1974 | Bello come un arcangelo as Donna Mercedes |
1973 | Sessomatto as Esperia / ('Non è mai troppo tardi') |
1971 | Le belve as Fachiro's Mother |
1971 | Per grazia ricevuta as Immacolata |
1971 | Le juge as Victoria |
1970 | Quando le donne avevano la coda as leader della tribù di donne delle caverne |
1968 | The Biggest Bundle of Them All as Signora Rosa |
1967 | Arabella as Duchess Moretti |
1965 | Ménage all'italiana as Carmelina's Mother |
1965 | Una vergine per il principe as Madonna Violante |
1965 | La ragazzola as Zia Elvira |
1965 | I complessi as Baracchi-Croce, assistente di Beozi (II) |
1961 | L'oro di Roma as Rosa |
1956 | Mi permette babbo! as Sonia Varonowska |
1955 | La Meilleure Part as (uncredited) |
1954 | Casta diva as Signora Monti |
1954 | I cavalieri della regina as Maria, Queen of France |
1954 | Rosso e nero as Herself |
1954 | L'Affaire Maurizius as Madame Bobika |
1954 | Mam'zelle Nitouche as Rosa |
1954 | Terza liceo as Madre di Bruno Sacchi |
1954 | Amori di mezzo secolo |
1953 | Mamma, perdonami! as Madre di Luisa |
1953 | Gli uomini, che mascalzoni! as Madre di Bruno |
1953 | Ai margini della metropoli as Luisa's mother |
1953 | François il contrabbandiere as Pamela la governante |
1953 | Gelosia as La zia baronessa |
1953 | Aylaklar as Signora Rubini |
1953 | Roma Tatili as Charwoman |
1953 | Lulù |
1952 | Città canora as Anna |
1952 | Roma, ore 11 as Matilde |
1951 | Canzone di primavera as Lidia |
1950 | È più facile che un cammello... as Luisa, la sorella di Carlo Bacchi |
1946 | Le modelle di via Margutta as La moglie di Andrea |
1945 | Non canto più as L'impresaria teatrale Greta Arden |
1945 | La resa di Titì |
1945 | La freccia nel fianco as Baronessa Masiero |
1945 | Il ventesimo duca |
1944 | La locandiera |
1944 | Sorelle Materassi |
1943 | Il viaggio del signor Perrichon as La signora Perrichon |
1943 | L'avventura di Annabella as La madre di Annabella |
1943 | Il birichino di papà as The College Director |
1943 | Il nemico as Clara Korsen |
1942 | Giorno di nozze |
1942 | Giorno di nozze as Elena |
1940 | Ricchezza senza domani as Carolina Barra |
1938 | Nina, non far la stupida as Cate, la governante |
1937 | L'uomo che sorride as Contessa Clelia |
1937 | Ho perduto mio marito as Valentina |
1936 | Lo Smemorato as Erminia Nardelli-Buzzi |
1920 | Il principe idiota |
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