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Lina Gennari

Lina Gennari
Born(1911-03-22)22 March 1911
Bologna, Kingdom of Italy
Died11 October 1997(1997-10-11) (aged 86)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress

Lina Gennari (22 March 1911 – 11 October 1997) was an Italian actress and operetta singer.

Born Carolina Gennari in Bologna, she made her debut in the early 1920s in the Schwarz stage company, and she had her first role as prima donna in the operetta Al cavallino bianco.[1] She achieved a large success in 1939 with the revue Se un'idea mi porta fortuna and then in 1940 with Nuto Navarrini's Vicino alle stelle.[1] She appeared in several films between 1933 and 1955, notably playing the greedy landlady in Vittorio De Sica's Umberto D..[1][2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1933 Tourist Train Lina
1935 Naples in Green and Blue
1937 It Was I! Fiammetta
1944 In cerca di felicità
1946 Eugenia Grandet Marquise D'Aubrion
1952 Umberto D. Antonia Belloni
1955 The Sign of Venus Signora Pina
1955 Il padrone sono me (final film role)

References

  1. ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Volume 2: Le attrici dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
  2. ^ Dario Minutolo. Cinema italiano 1945-1985. Effata Editrice IT, 2005. ISBN 8874022948.
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