Anita Durante | |
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 Anita and Checco Durante in 1957 | |
| Born | Anita Bianchi 28 September 1897 |
| Died | 2 May 1994 (aged 96) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Relatives | Francesco Prando (grandson) |
Anita Durante (28 September 1897 – 2 May 1994) was an Italian actress.
Born Anita Bianchi in Rome into a humble family, after attending a dramatic society for several years Durante made her official debut on stage in 1919, in Ettore Petrolini's Romani de Roma.[1][2][3] Married with the actor Checco Durante, she stayed with the Petrolini's stage company nine years, then she formed a company with her husband.[1][3] Also active in films, where she is best remembered as the Alberto Sordi's mother in Un americano a Roma, Durante was active on stage until 1992.[1][3] She died in 1994, aged 96, following an accidental fall from the balcony of her home, while cleaning the windows.[2][3]
Partial filmography
- Scampolo (1941) - La proprietaria della stireria
- The Last Wagon (1943) - Adele Urbani
- Peddlin' in Society (1946) - Caterina (uncredited)
- Fatalità (1947) - Adele
- Cavalcade of Heroes (1950)
- The Two Sisters (1950) - Agatina
- The Ungrateful Heart (1951) - Anna, padrona della pensione
- Core 'ngrato (1951)
- Viva il cinema! (1952) - Gambalesta's Maid
- Vortice (1953) - La portinaia
- If You Won a Hundred Million (1953) - Pasqua (segment "Il promesso... sposato")
- Angels of Darkness (1954)
- Of Life and Love (1954) - (segment "La Patente")
- Papà Pacifico (1954) - The Porter
- Orient Express (1954)
- Guai ai vinti (1954) - Popolana sulla scala (uncredited)
- An American in Rome (1954) - Madre di Nando
- Il porto della speranza (1954)
- Il vetturale del Moncenisio (1954)
- The Sign of Venus (1955) - Madre di Agnese
- Bella non piangere (1955) - Zia di Nina
- A Hero of Our Times (1955)
- Roman Tales (1955) - La madre di Alvaro
- Cortile (1955) - Geltrude
- Processo all'amore (1955) - Nona Mariani
- The Bigamist (1956) - Amalia
- The Courier of Moncenisio (1956) - Carmela
- Il prezzo della gloria (1956) - Aunt Bettina
- I calunniatori (1956)
- Saranno uomini (1957)
- Ladro lui, ladra lei (1958) - Madre di Cencio
- Adorabili e bugiarde (1958) - The concierge's wife
- Nella città l'inferno (1959) - Assunta
- Policarpo (1959) - Mario Marchetti's Mother
- Genitori in blue-jeans (1960) - The Old Nun (uncredited)
- Carmen di Trastevere (1962) - Landlady of the Bording House (uncredited)
- Adultero lui, adultera lei (1963) - La portinaia
- Mare matto (1963) - Rosario Lo Russo - la madre
- Siamo tutti pomicioni (1963) - Mario's Mother (segment "Le gioie della vita")
- White Voices (1964) - Agnese - Meo's mother
- Made in Italy (1965)
- Why Did I Ever Say Yes Twice? (1969) - (uncredited)
- Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971) - Mother of Nino
- Colpo grosso... grossissimo... anzi probabile (1972) - Monsignore's mother
- Storia di fifa e di coltello - Er seguito d'er più (1972) - Caterina
- Granada, addio! (1977) - Peppa
- I Hate Blondes (1980)
- Count Tacchia (1982) - Fernanda's Grandmother
- Giovanni Senzapensieri (1986) - Zia Teresa (final film role)
References
- ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ a b Emilia Costantini (3 May 1994). "l' addio ad Anita Durante, maschera del teatro romanesco". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d Rodolfo Di Giammarco (3 May 1994). "L'ultima attrice di Petrolini". La Repubblica. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
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