Anita Durante

Anita Durante
Anita and Checco Durante in 1957
Born
Anita Bianchi

(1897-09-28)28 September 1897
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died2 May 1994(1994-05-02) (aged 96)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress
RelativesFrancesco Prando (grandson)

Anita Durante (28 September 1897 – 2 May 1994) was an Italian actress.

Born Anita Bianchi in Rome into a humble family, after attending a dramatic society for several years Durante made her official debut on stage in 1919, in Ettore Petrolini's Romani de Roma.[1][2][3] Married with the actor Checco Durante, she stayed with the Petrolini's stage company nine years, then she formed a company with her husband.[1][3] Also active in films, where she is best remembered as the Alberto Sordi's mother in An American in Rome, Durante was active on stage until 1992.[1][3] She died in 1994, aged 96, following an accidental fall from the balcony of her home, while cleaning the windows.[2][3]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
  2. ^ a b Emilia Costantini (3 May 1994). "l' addio ad Anita Durante, maschera del teatro romanesco". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d Rodolfo Di Giammarco (3 May 1994). "L'ultima attrice di Petrolini". La Repubblica. Retrieved 10 March 2014.


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