Elsa Vazzoler
Elsa Vazzoler | |
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Born | 10 May 1920 Treviso, Italy |
Died | 8 August 1989 Rome, Italy | (aged 69)
Occupation | Actress |
Elsa Vazzoler (10 May 1920 – 8 August 1989) was an Italian stage, film, television and voice actress.
Life and career[]
Born in Treviso, Vazzoler started studying acting and ballet after finishing high school.[1][2] She debuted with dialect amateur dramatics, and in 1945 entered the stage company led by Memo Benassi.[2] Vazzoler got her first leading role in 1949 under the stage direction of Anton Giulio Bragaglia, and later was first actress in the Cesco Baseggio company for several years.[2] She was specialized in the Carlo Goldoni repertoire.[1][2]
Vazzoler was also active in cinema, in which she was mainly chosen to play character roles in comedies, in radio and on television, which gave her the greatest popularity with the general public thanks to the participation to some successful TV-series.[1][2]
Filmography[]
- Il richiamo nella tempesta, directed by (1952)
- Nero and the Burning of Rome, directed by Primo Zeglio (1953)
- Golden Vein, directed by Mauro Bolognini (1955)
- The Miller's Beautiful Wife, directed by Mario Camerini (1955)
- , directed by Fernando Cerchio (1955)
- The Great War, directed by Mario Monicelli (1959)
- Appuntamento a Ischia, directed by Mario Mattoli (1960)
- Lettere di una novizia, directed by Alberto Lattuada (1960)
- The Fascist, directed by Luciano Salce (1961)
- 5 marines per 100 ragazze, directed by Mario Mattoli (1961)
- , directed by (1963)
- , directed by Raffaello Matarazzo (1963)
- Corpse for the Lady, directed by Mario Mattoli (1964)
- Romeo and Juliet, directed by Riccardo Freda (1964)
- I Kill, You Kill, directed by Gianni Puccini (1965)
- , directed by Bruno Corbucci (1967)
- The Long, the Short, the Cat, directed by Lucio Fulci (1967)
- Cuore matto... matto da legare, directed by Mario Amendola (1967)
- The Head of the Family, directed by Nanni Loy (1967)
- Police Chief Pepe, directed by Ettore Scola (1969)
- , directed by Giorgio Mariuzzo (1970)
- Il merlo maschio, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (1971)
- Gli ordini sono ordini, directed by Franco Giraldi (1972)
- , directed by Carlo Infascelli (1974)
- La presidentessa, directed by Luciano Salce (1977)
- Wifemistress, directed by Marco Vicario (1977)
- How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (1978)
- Il corpo della ragassa, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (1979)
- Chaste and Pure, directed by Salvatore Samperi (1981)
- Attila flagello di Dio, directed by Castellano e Pipolo (1982)
- I'm Going to Live by Myself, directed by Marco Risi (1982)
- Troppo forte, directed by Carlo Verdone (1986)
- , directed by (1988)
References[]
- ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. "Vazzoler, Elsa". Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ a b c d e "E' morta Elsa Vazzoler un'eroina di Goldoni". La Repubblica (in Italian). 10 August 1989. p. 362. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
External links[]
- 1920 births
- 1989 deaths
- People from Treviso
- Italian film actresses
- Italian stage actresses
- Italian television actresses
- Italian voice actresses