Rubi Dalma
Rubi Dalma (24 April 1906 - 7 August 1994) was an Italian actress.
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| Born | Giusta Manca di Villahermosa 24 April 1906 |
| Died | 7 August 1994 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Actress |
Life and career
Born Giusta Manca di Villahermosa in Milan, she belonged to an aristocratic family from the Sardinian town of Sassari.[1][2] After a bit part in the Camillo Mastrocinque's film Regina della Scala, in which she basically played herself, Manca di Villahermosa decided to start a career as an actress and she adopted the stage name Rubi Dalma (sometimes spelled as Rubi D'Alma or Ruby Dalma).[1] Her breakout role was as the aristocrat donna Paola unsuccessfully courted by Vittorio De Sica in Mario Camerini's Il signor Max.[1][2] From then Dalma started a successful career, even if often limited to stereotyped roles of cold, sophisticated and sometimes snobbish noblewomen.[1] After the war she mainly appeared in character roles and, gradually, moved away from the cinema industry.[1]
Selected filmography
- Il signor Max (1937)
- Queen of the Scala (1937)
- Hurricane in the Tropics (1939)
- Heartbeat (1939)
- Red Roses (1940)
- Antonio Meucci (1940)
- A Pistol Shot (1942)
- Odessa in Flames (1942)
- C'è sempre un ma! (1942)
- Daniele Cortis (1947)
- Heaven over the Marshes (1949)
- Story of a Love Affair (1950, dir. Michelangelo Antonioni)
- Eager to Live (1953)
