Maria Gardena
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Maria Gardena | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1920 |
| Died | 2008 (aged 88) |
| Other names | Herthilde Gabloner |
| Occupations | Actress, architect |
| Years active | 1939–1944 (actress) |
Maria Gardena (born Herthilde Maria Gabloner; 1920 –3 Mar 2008) was an Italian film actress and later architect.
Herthilde Gabloner was the daughter of sculptor Ignaz Gabloner and studied architecture in Rome. During those years had a brief acting career. Her last film was The Children Are Watching Us (1944), directed by Vittorio De Sica.
A short documentary on her life, Herthilde Gabloner/Maria Gardena: La donna che visse due volte (Herthilde Gabloner/Maria Gardena: The Woman Who Lived Twice) by Franco Delli Guanti and Ludovico Maillet was screened at the 36th Bolzano Film Festival Bozen in 2023.[1] The 2005 short documentary, Architette. Racconti di vita e di lavoro di tre pioniere dell'architettura (Women Architects: Stories of the Lives and Work of Three Architectural Pioneers) by Lorenzo Paccagnella, told the life stories of Gabloner, Jolanda Zamolo Dalla Bona, and Helga Ehall-Hofer.[2]
Gabloner published her autobiography Chi tira i fili? Racconto autobiografico di Hertlinde Gabloner, in arte Maria Gardenia (Who's Pulling the Strings? An Autobiographical Story by Hertlinde Gabloner, a.k.a. Maria Gardenia) in 2004.[3] She died on March 3, 2008, in Ritten, Italy.[4]
