Antonella Lualdi
Antonella Lualdi | |
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 Antonella Lualdi in Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954). | |
| Born | Antonietta de Pascale 6 July 1931 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–present |
| Spouse(s) | Franco Interlenghi (m. 18 September 1955-his death); 2 children |
Antonella Lualdi (Greek: Αντονέλλα Λουάλντι, born Antonietta de Pascale; 6 July 1931) is an Italian actress and singer. She appeared in many Italian and French films in the 1950s and 1960s, notably in Claude Autant-Lara's film The Red and the Black in 1954, opposite Gérard Philipe.
Life and career[]
She began her career in 1949, after having won a contest for new talents of the cinema magazine Hollywood, in which she was presented as "Signorina X" ("Miss X"), inviting the readers to choose her stage name.[1]
After having starred with him in several films, she married Italian actor Franco Interlenghi in 1955; the couple had two daughters, Stella and Antonellina, an actress in her own right.[1]
In 1974 she debuted in France as a singer with some success and critical appreciation, then she also debuted on stage with the comedy Le Moulin de la Galette, with which she toured across several European countries.[1]
Selected filmography[]
- Prince of Foxes (1949) - (uncredited)
- Little Lady (1949) - Maria Censi
- Songs in the Streets (1950) - Anna
- The Last Sentence (1951) - Maria, la nipote di Santini
- Abbiamo vinto! (1951) - Elsa Nardecchi
- Miracolo a Viggiù (1951) - Antonella
- His Last Twelve Hours (1951) - Daniela Valsetti
- The Two Sergeants (1951)
- Ha fatto tredici (1951) - Mirella
- Pentimento (1952)
- The Overcoat (1952) - Vittoria
- Adorable Creatures (1952) - Catherine Michaud
- I figli non si vendono (1952) - Daniela
- Three Forbidden Stories (1952) - Anna Maria (Second segment)
- Il romanzo della mia vita (1952) - Maria De Marchis
- The Piano Tuner Has Arrived (1952) - Giulietta Narducci
- Cani e gatti (1952) - Lia
- Solo per te Lucia (1952)
- The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1953) - Beatrice di Rionero
- Perdonami! (1953) - Anna Gerace
- The Daughter of the Regiment (1953) - Tony (Italian version)
- Cavalcade of Song (1953) - La dirimpettaia del quinto piano
- What Scoundrels Men Are! (1953) - Mariuccia
- Casta Diva (1954) - Maddalena Fumaroli
- Mid-Century Loves (1954) - Carla (segment "Napoli 1943")
- Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954) - Milena
- Pietà per chi cade (1954) - Bianca Savelli
- Papà Pacifico (1954) - Luisa Ceccacci
- Avanzi di galera (1954) - Giovanna, the nurse
- The Red and the Black (1954) - Mathilde de La Mole
- Le signorine dello 04 (1955) - Maria Teresa
- Wild Love (1955) - Luisa
- Andrea Chénier (1955) - Madeleine de Coigny
- Wild Love (1956) - Adriana Latini - la parrucchiera
- Altair (1956) - Elena
- I giorni più belli (1956) - Giulia
- Fathers and Sons (1957) - Giulia Blasi
- Méfiez-vous fillettes (1957) - Dany Dumont
- La cenicienta y Ernesto (1957) - Julia
- Young Husbands (1958) - Lucia
- The Sky Burns (1958) - Laura Sandri
- Mon coquin de père (1958) - Maria
- One Life (1958) - Gilberte de Fourcheville
- Polikuschka (1958) - Irina
- Délit de fuite (1959) - Lucille Aitken
- Bad Girls Don't Cry (1959) - Supplizia
- Match contre la mort (1959) - Annie Lourmel
- Web of Passion (1959) - Léda
- Silver Spoon Set (1960) - Elsa Foresi
- Run with the Devil (1960) - Donata
- Appuntamento a Ischia (1960) - Mirella Argenti
- The Mongols (1961) - Amina
- The Shortest Day (1962)
- My Son, the Hero (1962)
- Disorder (1962)
- Son of the Circus (1963)
- The Swindlers (1963)
- 100 Horsemen (1964)
- Let's Talk About Women (1964)
- Su e giù (1965)
- The Sea Pirate (1966)
- How to Seduce a Playboy (1966)
- Massacre in the Black Forest (1967)
- The Column (1968)
- Ragan (1968)
- Un caso di coscienza (1970)
- Vincent, François, Paul and the Others (1974)
- Cross Shot (1976)
- Zero in condotta (1983)
- A Thorn in the Heart (1986)
- Who Wants to Kill Sara? (1992)
- Nefertiti (1994)
Awards[]
- Premio Cinema italiano Anni d'oro. In 2020 Antonella Lualdi received the award for her role in the 1959 movie "La notte Brava" (Bad Girls Don't Cry), directed by Mauro Bolognini.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ Antonella Lualdi awarded (in Italian)
External links[]
Media related to Antonella Lualdi at Wikimedia Commons
- 1931 births
- Living people
- Italian film actresses
- Italian people of Greek descent
- Lebanese emigrants to Italy
- Actresses from Beirut
- Italian stage actresses
- 20th-century Italian actresses
- 20th-century Italian singers
- 20th-century Italian women singers
- Musicians from Beirut