Gemma Bolognesi
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Gemma Bolognesi | |
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| Born | 4 November 1894 |
| Died | 26 March 1983 (aged 88) Cesenatico, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1916-1954 |
Gemma Bolognesi (4 November 1894 – 26 March 1983) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1916 to 1954.
Biography[edit]
Bolognesi began acting at an early age and made her debut with the ensemble of the Teatro Manzoni in Milan under Marco Praga. In 1919 she became the ensemble's first actress alongside Aristide Baghetti and the following year led her own ensemble with Ettore Berti. Further seasons of her stage career were alongside Enzo Biliotti (1921) and from 1922 to 1926 the Teatro del Popolo (as its first actress from 1924), again in Milan.[1] The following season saw her in the theater company around Luigi Zoncada and later, in 1932, next to Carlo Tamberlani.
Bolognesi had made her film debut in 1916 in Cura di baci by Emilio Graziani-Walter, but found little satisfaction with it, so she concentrated on her theater work. It was not until the mid-1930s, when the time of the big stage roles was over, that she developed into a sought-after character actress playing cultured women, who with her appearance with her blonde, luscious hair also gave her secondary roles the flair of "the Italian Mae West".[2] After World War II she continued her film career until 1954 and then withdrew to her birthplace.[3]
In the 1930s, Bolognesi also worked frequently for the EIAR, the Italian radio service.
Selected filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1935 | I'll Give a Million | ||
| Aldebaran | |||
| Territorial Militia | |||
| 1936 | Music in the Square | ||
| 1938 | The Last Enemy | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca | |||
| The Cuckoo Clock | |||
| 1939 | The Silent Partner | ||
| Father For a Night | |||
| I, His Father | |||
| The Sons of the Marquis Lucera | |||
| 1943 | Sad Loves | ||
| The White Angel | |||
| 1944 | Resurrection | Matriona | |
| 1950 | Ring Around the Clock | ||
| 1953 | Siamo tutti inquilini | ||
| La valigia dei sogni | |||
| Gioventù alla sbarra | |||
| 1954 | My Life Is Yours |
References[edit]
- ^ Scarpellini 2000, p. 170.
- ^ Forgacs & Gundle 2007, p. 158.
- ^ Lancia & Poppi 2003, p. 39.
Bibliography[edit]
- Scarpellini, Emanuela (2000). Il Teatro del popolo.
- Forgacs, David; Gundle, Stephen (2007). Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War. Indiana University Press.
- Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici. Rome.
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