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 - lavventura continua in 1990. She died of a stroke aged 95 on 9 April 1995. (wikipedia)
Charwoman
Film 1953
Film 1920
Film 1978
Madre di Bruno Sacchi
Film 1954
leader della tribù di donne delle caverne
Film 1970
Madame Bobika
Film 1954
Film 1954
Rosa
Film 1961
Luisa's mother
Film 1953
Luisa, la sorella di Carlo Bacchi
Film 1950
Madre di Bruno
Film 1953
Esperia / ('Non è mai troppo tardi')
Film 1973
Matilde
Film 1952
Nonna Giulia
Film 1990
Donna Mercedes
Film 1974
Film 1942
Agrippina
Film 1977
Elena
Film 1942
Signora Monti
Film 1954
Signora Rubini
Film 1953
Mrs. Baldi
Film 1980
Sonia Varonowska
Film 1956
Cate, la governante
Film 1938
Valentina
Film 1937
La signora Perrichon
Film 1943
La madre di Annabella
Film 1943
Baronessa Masiero
Film 1945
Madonna Violante
Film 1965
Film 1944
Contessa Clelia
Film 1937
Fachiro's Mother
Film 1971
Madre di Luisa
Film 1953
Marchesa del Querceto (episodio "Il mago")
Film 1983
Film 1945
Victoria
Film 1971
Baracchi-Croce, assistente di Beozi (II)
Film 1965
Nonna di Paolo
Film 1975
Sister Theresa
Film 1982
The College Director
Film 1943
Herself
Film 1954
Duchess Moretti
Film 1967
(uncredited)
Film 1955
Carmelina's Mother
Film 1965
Film 1944
Anna
Film 1952
Film 1945
L'impresaria teatrale Greta Arden
Film 1945
La moglie di Andrea
Film 1946
Film 1953
Clara Korsen
Film 1943
Maria, Queen of France
Film 1954
Carolina Barra
Film 1940
Pamela la governante
Film 1953
Erminia Nardelli-Buzzi
Film 1936
Rosa
Film 1954
Lidia
Film 1951
La zia baronessa
Film 1953
Film 1965
Signora Bruner
Tv 1969