Giovanna Galletti
Giovanna Galletti (27 June 1916 - 21 April 1992) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1938 to 1986.[1]
Giovanna Galletti | |
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| Born | 27 June 1916 |
| Died | 21 April 1992 (aged 75) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1938-1986 |
Life and career
Galletti began her career on stage at a 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]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | The Lady in White | Ginevra's Friend | Debut film |
| 1942 | Signorinette | Gymnastics Teacher | |
| 1945 | Rome, Open City | Ingrid | |
| 1946 | Felicità perduta | ||
| 1950 | Margaret of Cortona | Mother of the sick child | |
| Toto Looks for a Wife | Agent K 8 | ||
| The Outlaws | Journalist | ||
| The Bread Peddler | Madame Auguste | ||
| Angelo tra la folla | Giocatrice | ||
| The Glass Castle | Louise Morel | ||
| The Knight Has Arrived! | Miss Colombo | ||
| 1951 | Tomorrow Is Another Day | Mother of Luisa | |
| Verginità | Amalia | ||
| The Ungrateful Heart | Signora Lopez | ||
| Last Meeting | Flora | ||
| Messalina | The Christian | ||
| 1952 | Adorable Creatures | Director | |
| Deceit | Marta | ||
| Three Forbidden Stories | |||
| 1954 | Mambo | Valeria | Uncredited |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story | Uncredited | |
| 1960 | The Loves of Hercules | The oracle | |
| Le signore | Tatiana's Friend | ||
| 1961 | The Wonders of Aladdin | Midwife | |
| 1962 | Sodom and Gomorrah | Malik | Uncredited |
| 1966 | Kill, Baby, Kill | Baroness Graps | credited as Giana Vivaldi[4] |
| A... For Assassin | Zia Marta Prescott | ||
| The Bible: In the Beginning... | Sinful Woman | ||
| 1968 | L'età del malessere | ||
| Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | The Countess | ||
| 1969 | The Lady of Monza | Sister Angela Sacchi | |
| 1973 | Last Tango in Paris | The Prostitute | |
| 1974 | The Girl in Room 2A | Mrs. Grant | |
| 1979 | Maschio, femmina, fiore, frutto | ||
| 1980 | The Big Red One | Woman in Sicilian Village | |
| 1985 | La donna delle meraviglie |
References
- "Giovanna Galletti". ČSFD.cz. Retrieved 2016-06-20. (Czech)
- Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (2003). "Galletti, Giovanna". Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 149–150. ISBN 888440214X.
- Stafano Masi, Enrico Lancia (1987). I film di Roberto Rossellini. Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 22–25. ISBN 9788876052811.
- Roberto Curti (1971), Gothic Horror Films 1957-1969, published by McFarland, pp159-161, ISBN 1476619891