Lilia Silvi
Lilia Silvi | |
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![]() Silvi in Lively Teresa (1943) | |
Born | Silvana Musitelli 23 December 1922 |
Died | 27 July 2013 Nettuno, Lazio Italy | (aged 90)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1930–2011 |
Lilia Silvi (22 December 1922 – 27 July 2013) was an Italian film actress. Silvi was one of several young actresses presented as an Italian equivalent to the Canadian-born Hollywood star Deanna Durbin.[1] She appeared opposite Amedeo Nazzari, the most popular Italian star of the era, in five films.[2]
Selected filmography[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Rascel_Silvi_Napoleone_1951.jpg/220px-Rascel_Silvi_Napoleone_1951.jpg)
- Il signor Max (1937)
- Departure (1938)
- Unjustified Absence (1939)
- Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940)
- Big Shoes (1940)
- The Jester's Supper (1941)
- Scampolo (1941)
- Happy Days (1942)
- The Taming of the Shrew (1942)
- Lively Teresa (1943)
- Napoleon (1951)
References[]
Bibliography[]
- De Grazia, Victoria. How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy, 1922-1945. University of California Press, 1992.
- Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links[]
Media related to Lilia Silvi at Wikimedia Commons
- Lilia Silvi at IMDb
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 2013 deaths
- Italian film actresses
- 20th-century Italian actresses
- Actresses from Rome
- Italian actor stubs