María Denis

María Denis
Born	Maria Esther Beomonte (1916-11-22) November 22, 1916 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	April 15, 2004(2004-04-15) (aged 87) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1932 - 1954

María Denis (November 22, 1916 – April 15, 2004) was an Argentine-born Italian film actress. Denis moved to Italy in 1932 when she was sixteen, and appeared in her first film there the same year. Denis became a top Italian star between 1936 and 1942 playing girl next door characters. Denis later appeared in films in several other countries. In 1949 she appeared in the British film Private Angelo.

Her younger sister Michela Belmonte, was also an actress.

Filmography

• What Scoundrels Men Are! (1932)
• The Telephone Operator (1932)
• Non c'è bisogno di denaro (1933)
• My Little One (1933)
• L'impiegata di papà (1933)
• Tourist Train (1933)
• 1860 (1934)
• Villafranca (1934)
• The Matchmaker (1934)
• La mia vita sei tu (1934)
• Creatures of the Night (1934)
• Mr. Desire (1934)
• Seconda B (1934)
• Lorenzino de' Medici (1935)
• The Joker King (1935)
• King of Diamonds (1936)
• God's Will Be Done (1936)
• Joe il rosso (1936)
• The Two Misanthropists (1937)
• Abandon All Hope (1937)
• Ballerine (1938)
• Departure (1938)
• They've Kidnapped a Man (1938)
• The Countess of Parma (1938)
• The Last Enemy (1938)
• Naples of Olden Times (1938)
• The Two Mothers (1938)
• Who Are You? (1939)
• The Document (1939)
• Pretty or Plain They All Get Married (1939)
• Goodbye Youth (1940)
• Abbandono (1940)
• Two on a Vacation (1940)
• Fortuna (1940)
• The Siege of the Alcazar (1940)
• La compagnia della teppa (1941)
• L'amore canta (1941)
• Yes, Madam (1942)
• The Two Orphans (1942)
• I sette peccati (1942)
• La maestrina (1942)
• Canal grande (1943)
• Responsibility Comes Back (1945)
• La Vie de Bohème (1945)
• Malìa (1946)
• Crime News (1947)
• Nada (1947)
• Four Women (1947)
• The Dance of Death (1948)
• The Flame That Will Not Die (1949)
• Private Angelo (1949)
• A Slice of Life (1954)

Bibliography

• Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero. Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

• María Denis at IMDb