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)

Фільмографія

• 1990Blue Dolphin - l'avventura continua — Nonna Giulia
• 1983Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio — Marchesa del Querceto (episodio "Il mago")
• 1982Fatty Girl Goes to New York — nonna di Miris
• 1982Più bello di così si muore — madre del conte Nereo
• 1982Yes, Giorgio — Sister Theresa
• 1980La Cage aux Folles II — Mrs. Baldi
• 1978L'albero della maldicenza
• 1977Nerone — Agrippina
• 1975Paolo Barca, Elementary School Teacher, Practically a Nudist — Nonna di Paolo
• 1974The Handsome Devil — Donna Mercedes
• 1973How Funny Can Sex Be? — Esperia / ('Non è mai troppo tardi')
• 1971Between Miracles — Immacolata
• 1971Judge Roy Bean — Victoria
• 1971The Beasts — Fachiro's Mother
• 1970When Women Had Tails — leader della tribù di donne delle caverne
• Nero Wolfe — Signora Bruner
• 1968The Biggest Bundle of Them All — Signora Rosa
• 1967Arabella — Duchess Moretti
• 1965A Maiden for the Prince — Madonna Violante
• 1965Complexes — Baracchi-Croce, assistente di Beozi (II)
• 1965La ragazzola — Zia Elvira
• 1965Menage Italian Style — Carmelina's Mother
• 1961Gold of Rome — Rosa
• 1956Mi permette babbo! — Sonia Varonowska
• 1955The Best Part — (uncredited)
• 1954Casta diva — Signora Monti
• 1954High School — Madre di Bruno Sacchi
• 1954Knights of the Queen — Maria, Queen of France
• 1954Mademoiselle Nitouche — Rosa
• 1954Mid-Century Loves — Countess Matilde Micheli (segment "L'amore romantico")
• 1954On Trial — Madame Bobika
• 1953At the Edge of the City — Luisa's mother
• 1953Francis the Smuggler — Pamela la governante
• 1953Gli uomini, che mascalzoni! — Madre di Bruno
• 1953Jealousy — La zia baronessa
• 1953Lulù
• 1953Mamma, perdonami! — Madre di Luisa
• 1953Мамині синочки — Signora Rubini
• 1953Римські канікули — Charwoman
• 1952Melody of Love — Anna
• 1952Rome 11:00 — Matilde
• 1951Spring song — Lidia
• 1950Cavalcata d'eroi — Marchesa Ferrari
• 1950Twelve Hours to Live — Luisa, la sorella di Carlo Bacchi
• 1946Le modelle di via Margutta — La moglie di Andrea
• 1945Il ventesimo duca — Principessa di Danimarca
• 1945La freccia nel fianco — Baronessa Masiero
• 1945La resa di Titì
• 1945Non canto più — L'impresaria teatrale Greta Arden
• 1944Finalmente sì — zia Letizia
• 1944La locandiera
• 1944The Materassi Sisters
• 1943Daddy's Little Devil — The College Director
• 1943Il nemico — Clara Korsen
• 1943Il viaggio del signor Perrichon — La signora Perrichon
• 1943L'avventura di Annabella — La madre di Annabella
• 1943Una piccola moglie
• 1942Giorno di nozze — Elena
• 1940Il sogno di tutti — la portinaia
• 1940Ricchezza senza domani — Carolina Barra
• 1938Nina, non far la stupida — Cate, la governante
• 1937Ho perduto mio marito — Valentina
• 1937The Man Who Smiles — Contessa Clelia
• 1936The Amnesiac — Erminia Nardelli-Buzzi
• 1920Il principe idiota

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• 1954Rosso e nero — Herself