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)
Movie | Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio | Marchesa del Querceto (episodio "Il mago") | 1983-11-30 |
Movie | Più bello di così si muore | madre del conte Nereo | 1982-03-18 |
Movie | Cicciabomba | nonna di Miris | 1982-11-28 |
Movie | Yes, Giorgio | Sister Theresa | 1982-09-24 |
Movie | La Cage aux Folles II | Mrs. Baldi | 1980-12-10 |
Movie | Nerone | Agrippina | 1977-01-02 |
Movie | Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista | Nonna di Paolo | 1975-03-13 |
Movie | The Handsome Devil | Donna Mercedes | 1974-06-04 |
Movie | How Funny Can Sex Be? | Esperia / ('Non è mai troppo tardi') | 1973-12-19 |
Movie | Between Miracles | Immacolata | 1971-03-19 |
Movie | Judge Roy Bean | Victoria | 1971-03-03 |
Movie | The Beasts | Fachiro's Mother | 1971-04-25 |
Movie | When Women Had Tails | leader della tribù di donne delle caverne | 1970-10-15 |
Movie | The Biggest Bundle of Them All | Signora Rosa | 1968-01-17 |
Movie | Arabella | Duchess Moretti | 1967-11-29 |
Movie | A Maiden for the Prince | Madonna Violante | 1965-10-26 |
Movie | Complexes | Baracchi-Croce, assistente di Beozi (II) | 1965-08-15 |
Movie | Menage Italian Style | Carmelina's Mother | 1965-12-22 |
Movie | Gold of Rome | Rosa | 1961-11-26 |
Movie | Mi permette babbo! | Sonia Varonowska | 1956-12-06 |
Movie | The Best Part | (uncredited) | 1955-12-30 |
Movie | Mademoiselle Nitouche | Rosa | 1954-04-21 |
Movie | High School | Madre di Bruno Sacchi | 1954-04-01 |
Movie | Mid-Century Loves | 1954-02-18 | |
Movie | On Trial | Madame Bobika | 1954-06-04 |
Movie | Rosso e nero | Herself | 1954-10-27 |
Movie | Casta diva | Signora Monti | 1954-12-27 |
Movie | I Vitelloni | Signora Rubini | 1953-09-17 |
Movie | Roman Holiday | Charwoman | 1953-08-26 |
Movie | Jealousy | La zia baronessa | 1953-09-29 |
Movie | At the Edge of the City | Luisa's mother | 1953-10-16 |
Movie | Francis the Smuggler | Pamela la governante | 1953-10-06 |
Movie | Rome 11:00 | Matilde | 1952-02-27 |
Movie | Spring song | Lidia | 1951-03-23 |
Movie | Twelve Hours to Live | Luisa, la sorella di Carlo Bacchi | 1950-10-19 |
Movie | Le modelle di via Margutta | La moglie di Andrea | 1946-05-16 |
Movie | Non canto più | L'impresaria teatrale Greta Arden | 1945-09-30 |
Movie | Il ventesimo duca | 1945-07-15 | |
Movie | La freccia nel fianco | Baronessa Masiero | 1945-09-08 |
Movie | The Materassi Sisters | 1944-01-02 | |
Movie | Daddy's Little Devil | The College Director | 1943-02-06 |
Movie | L'avventura di Annabella | La madre di Annabella | 1943-03-31 |
Movie | Il viaggio del signor Perrichon | La signora Perrichon | 1943-08-02 |
Movie | Giorno di nozze | Elena | 1942-09-28 |
Movie | Nina, non far la stupida | Cate, la governante | 1938-01-01 |
Movie | Ho perduto mio marito | Valentina | 1937-03-31 |
Movie | The Man Who Smiles | Contessa Clelia | 1937-04-15 |