Diana Torrieri
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Diana Torrieri | |
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Born | Angela Vittoria Torrieri 9 August 1913 Canosa di Puglia, Puglia, Italy |
Died | 27 March 2007 Rome, Lazio, Italy | (aged 93)
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
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
- 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
- ^ 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.
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