Diana Torrieri
Diana Torrieri | |
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 Diana Torrieri with the actor Tino Bianchi (1956) | |
| Born | Angela Vittoria Torrieri 9 August 1913 Canosa di Puglia, Puglia, Italy |
| Died | 27 March 2007 (aged 93) Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1939-1980 |
Diana Torrieri (née Angela Vittoria Torrieri; 9 August 1913 – 27 March 2007) was an Italian actress. She worked in theater, films, television and radio.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Canosa di Puglia, Torrieri made her professional debut in 1937, in the stage company led by Paola Borboni, with whom she even toured in the United States.[1] During the war, she was a partisan and a member of the Action Party and was even wounded during the liberation of Milan.[2] In 1949, she tried to commit suicide by swallowing sleeping pills.[3]
Active on stage until the late 1960s, she worked with the theatrical companies of Giorgio Strehler, Vittorio Gassman, Anton Giulio Bragaglia, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sergio Tofano and Memo Benassi, among others.[1]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Il barone di Corbò (1939)
- Don Pasquale (1940)
- La primadonna (1943)
- Incontro con Laura (1945)
- Via Belgarbo (1957) (TV movie)
- Fedra (1957) (TV movie)
- La promessa (1979) (TV movie)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Addio a Diana Torrieri, signora del teatro". Corriere della Sera. 28 March 2007. p. 45. Retrieved 8 March 2016. (subscription required)
- ^ "Donne e uomini della Resistenza: Diana Torrieri". ANPI. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "L'attrice Diana Torrieri ha tentato di suicidarsi". La Stampa. No. 228. 24 September 1949. p. 3.
External links
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