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Giovanna Galletti
Born(1916-06-27)27 June 1916
Died21 April 1992(1992-04-21) (aged 75)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1938-1986

Giovanna Galletti (27 June 1916 – 21 April 1992) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1938 to 1986.[1]

Life and career

Galletti began her career on stage at very young age, in the early 1930s, and later attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.[2] In the late 1930s she started appearing in films, mostly in supporting roles, and in 1945 she appeared in Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City portraying the treacherous Ingrid, which is her best known role.[2][3]

After the war she focused her activities on theatre, notably working intensively at the Piccolo Teatro of Milan under the direction of Giorgio Strehler and in the stage companies led by Luigi Cimara, Annibale Ninchi, Laura Adani and Renzo Ricci. Her later film roles mainly consisted of villains and wicked women. She was also active on radio and television.[2]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1938 The Lady in White Ginevra's Friend Debut film
1943 Signorinette Gymnastics Teacher
1945 Rome, Open City Ingrid
1950 The Outlaws Journalist
The Glass Castle Louise Morel
The Bread Peddler Madame Auguste
È arrivato il cavaliere! Miss Colombo
Toto Looks for a Wife Agent K 8
Margaret of Cortona Mother of the sick child
Angelo tra la folla A Player
1951 Tomorrow Is Another Day Mother of Luisa
Last Meeting Flora
Messalina The Christian
1952 Inganno Marta
Adorable Creatures Director
1954 Mambo Valeria
1960 Le signore Tatiana's Friend
1966 Kill, Baby, Kill Baroness Graps credited as Giana Vivaldi[4]
The Bible: In the Beginning... Sinful Woman
A... For Assassin Marta Prescott
1968 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell The Countess
1969 The Lady of Monza Sister Angela Sacchi
1973 Last Tango in Paris The Prostitute

References

  1. ^ "Giovanna Galletti". ČSFD.cz. Retrieved 2016-06-20. (Czech)
  2. ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (2003). "Galletti, Giovanna". Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 149–150. ISBN 888440214X.
  3. ^ Stafano Masi, Enrico Lancia (1987). I film di Roberto Rossellini. Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 22–25. ISBN 9788876052811.
  4. ^ Roberto Curti (1971), Gothic Horror Films 1957-1969, published by McFarland, pp159-161, ISBN 1476619891

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