Anna Carena
Italian actress
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Anna Carena (born Giuseppina Galimberti; 30 January 1899 – 15 April 1990) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1941 to 1983.
Anna Carena | |
|---|---|
Carena in Miracle in Milan (1951) | |
| Born | 30 January 1899 |
| Died | 15 April 1988 (aged 89) Milan, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1941–1983 |
Life and career
Born in Milan, in 1924 Galimberti started her career on stage in the theatrical company of Annibale Betrone.[1][2] After being part of a number of companies, in 1931 she adopted her stage name and became primadonna of the Dialect Company of the Teatro Principe in her hometown.[1] In 1933, she founded her own company, specialized in Milanese dialect plays.[1] In the 1930s she started collaborating with EIAR, and after the war she entered the stage company of Annibale Ninchi.[2]
Carena made her film debut in 1941, and specialized in character roles.[1] In films, she is best known for the role of Argia in Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po,[1] and for the role of Marta in Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan.[2] In 1952, she had a personal success with the stage play Cinquant'anni sul goeubb.[1] She died on 15 April 1988, at the age of 89.[3]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | The Jester's Supper | ||
| Piccolo mondo antico | Carlotta, la cameriera della marchesa | ||
| La fuggitiva | La signora Tilde | ||
| 1942 | The Jester's Supper | La moglie del taverniere | Uncredited |
| Yes, Madam | La suora caposala | ||
| Signorinette | |||
| Nothing New Tonight | La lavandaia | ||
| Four Steps in the Clouds | La maestra sulla corriera | ||
| La fanciulla dell'altra riva | Herta, l'infermiera | ||
| 1943 | Principessina | ||
| Sempre più difficile | Stella D'Azevegno | ||
| Sant'Elena, piccola isola | La dama di compania di Letizia Bonaparte | ||
| 1947 | Vanity | Vicina di casa | |
| 1949 | The Mill on the Po | L'Argia | |
| 1951 | Miracle in Milan | Marta, la signora altezzosa | |
| Ha fatto tredici | |||
| 1952 | The Mistress of Treves | ||
| The Overcoat | L'affittacamere | ||
| In Olden Days | Teresa | (segment "L'idillio"), Uncredited | |
| Toto and the King of Rome | Armida Pappalardo | ||
| 1953 | The Lady Without Camelias | Clara Manni's Mother | |
| Siamo tutti Milanesi | La Marchesa | ||
| Café chantant | Contessa Gerza | ||
| 1954 | If You Won a Hundred Million | La moglie di Ambrogio | (segment "Il tifoso") |
| 1955 | L'ultimo amante | La portinaia | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Lucky to Be a Woman | Miliardaria brasiliana | |
| 1963 | The Teacher from Vigevano | Drivaldi | |
| 1970 | Sunflower | La madre di Antonio | |
| 1972 | White Sister | ||
| 1973 | A Brief Vacation | The mother in law |
