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Italian Female Actresses Biography
Clara Calamai (Prato, Italy, 7 September 1909 - Rimini, Italy, 21 September 1998) was an Italian actress.
She was one of the most famous and popular Italian actresses in the 1930s and 1940s, sharing the limelight with actresses such as Alida Valli, Valentina Cortese, and rivals, Doris Duranti, Luisa Ferida and Isa Miranda. She was a charming and versatile actress who starred in both dramas and comedies of the telefoni bianchi style.
Contents
1 Career
2 Personal life
3 Filmography
4 External links
Career
Calamai's first acting role was in the 1938 war film Pietro Micca, directed by Aldo Vergano.
In La cena delle beffe (Dinner of fun, 1941, an adaptation of a Sem Benelli's work, directed by Alessandro Blasetti) Calamai made a sensation by appearing in a very brief topless scene. The scene is commonly credited with being the first time that a woman had appeared topless in an Italian film, though the credit has been claimed by Vittoria Carpi who appeared topless for only a moment in the 1940 film La corona di ferro (The Iron Crown), also directed by Blasetti. Nevertheless, many people reportedly saw the movie many times because of the topless scene.
But her most remembered film was Luchino Visconti's Ossessione (1943), in which she played Giovanna, the ill-fated female lead.
Calamai was offered the role in L'adultera (The Adultress, 1946, directed by Duilio Coletti), after Anna Magnani had to turn it down, and Calamai was awarded the Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) in 1946 for best actress for her performance in the film.
She played a prostitute in Luchino Visconti's Le notti bianche (1957) and appeared in Le streghe (1967).
After years of retirement, she returned in 1975 to appear in the classic horror film Profondo rosso ('Deep Red, directed by Dario Argento) as the eccentric matriarch, Marta.
Personal life
On 19 May 1945 she married explorer, documentary and film maker Count Leonardo Bonzi and they had two daughters. The marriage was annulled in November 1959, and she lived with Captain of Aviation Valerio Andreoli.
Filmography
Pietro Micca, directed by Aldo Vergano (1938)
Hanno rapito un uomo, directed by Gennaro Righelli (1938)
Il destino in tasca, directed by Gennaro Righelli (1938)
Ettore Fieramosca, directed by Alessandro Blasetti (1938)
Io, suo padre, directed by Mario Bonnard (1939)
Il fornaretto di Venezia, directed by Duilio Coletti (1939), doppiata da Tina Lattanzi
Il socio invisibile, directed by Roberto Roberti (1939)
L'eredità in corsa, directed by Oreste Biancoli (1939)
Boccaccio, directed by Marcello Albani (1940)
Le sorprese del vagone letto, directed by Gian Paolo Rosmino (1940)
Capitan Fracassa, directed by Duilio Coletti (1940), doppiata da Tina Lattanzi
Manovre d'amore, directed by Gennaro Righelli (1940)
Addio giovinezza!, directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli (1940)
Caravaggio pittore maledetto, directed by Goffredo Alessandrini (1941)
Il re del circo, directed by Hans Hinrich (1941)
I mariti - Tempesta d'amore, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1941)
La cena delle beffe, directed by Alessandro Blasetti (1941)
Luce nelle tenebre, directed by Mario Mattoli (1941)
L'avventuriera del piano di sopra, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo (1941)
I pirati della Malesia, directed by Enrico Guazzoni (1941)
Brivido, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo (1941)
La guardia del corpo, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1942)
La regina di Navarra, directed by Carmine Gallone (1942)
Le vie del cuore, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1942)
Ossessione, directed by Luchino Visconti (1943)
Una piccola moglie, directed by Giorgio Bianchi (1943)
Addio amore!, directed by Gianni Franciolini (1943)
Enrico IV, directed by Giorgio Pàstina (1943)
Sorelle Materassi, directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli (1944)
Due lettere anonime, directed by Mario Camerini (1945)
La resa di Titì, directed by Giorgio Bianchi (1945)
Il mondo vuole così, directed by Giorgio Bianchi (1946)
L'adultera, directed by Duilio Coletti (1946)
Il tiranno di Padova, directed by Max Neufeld (1946)
Ultimo amore, directed by Luigi Chiarini (1947)
Amanti senza amore, directed by Gianni Franciolini (1947), doppiata da Lydia Simoneschi
Quando gli angeli dormono, directed by Gilberto Gascon (1947)
Vespro siciliano, directed by Giorgio Pàstina (1949)
Romanticismo, directed by Clemente Fracassi (1951)
Il moschettiere fantasma, directed by Max Calandri (1952)
Carne inquieta, directed by Silvestro Prestifilippo (1952)
Le notti bianche, directed by Luchino Visconti (1957)
Afrodite, dea dell'amore, directed by Mario Bonnard (1958)
Tom Jones (1960, TV series)
Le streghe, directed by Luchino Visconti (1967)
La peccatrice, directed by Pier Luigi Pavoni (1975)
Profondo rosso, directed by Dario Argento (1975)
Italian Female Actresses Biography
Clara Calamai (Prato, Italy, 7 September 1909 - Rimini, Italy, 21 September 1998) was an Italian actress.
She was one of the most famous and popular Italian actresses in the 1930s and 1940s, sharing the limelight with actresses such as Alida Valli, Valentina Cortese, and rivals, Doris Duranti, Luisa Ferida and Isa Miranda. She was a charming and versatile actress who starred in both dramas and comedies of the telefoni bianchi style.
Contents
1 Career
2 Personal life
3 Filmography
4 External links
Career
Calamai's first acting role was in the 1938 war film Pietro Micca, directed by Aldo Vergano.
In La cena delle beffe (Dinner of fun, 1941, an adaptation of a Sem Benelli's work, directed by Alessandro Blasetti) Calamai made a sensation by appearing in a very brief topless scene. The scene is commonly credited with being the first time that a woman had appeared topless in an Italian film, though the credit has been claimed by Vittoria Carpi who appeared topless for only a moment in the 1940 film La corona di ferro (The Iron Crown), also directed by Blasetti. Nevertheless, many people reportedly saw the movie many times because of the topless scene.
But her most remembered film was Luchino Visconti's Ossessione (1943), in which she played Giovanna, the ill-fated female lead.
Calamai was offered the role in L'adultera (The Adultress, 1946, directed by Duilio Coletti), after Anna Magnani had to turn it down, and Calamai was awarded the Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) in 1946 for best actress for her performance in the film.
She played a prostitute in Luchino Visconti's Le notti bianche (1957) and appeared in Le streghe (1967).
After years of retirement, she returned in 1975 to appear in the classic horror film Profondo rosso ('Deep Red, directed by Dario Argento) as the eccentric matriarch, Marta.
Personal life
On 19 May 1945 she married explorer, documentary and film maker Count Leonardo Bonzi and they had two daughters. The marriage was annulled in November 1959, and she lived with Captain of Aviation Valerio Andreoli.
Filmography
Pietro Micca, directed by Aldo Vergano (1938)
Hanno rapito un uomo, directed by Gennaro Righelli (1938)
Il destino in tasca, directed by Gennaro Righelli (1938)
Ettore Fieramosca, directed by Alessandro Blasetti (1938)
Io, suo padre, directed by Mario Bonnard (1939)
Il fornaretto di Venezia, directed by Duilio Coletti (1939), doppiata da Tina Lattanzi
Il socio invisibile, directed by Roberto Roberti (1939)
L'eredità in corsa, directed by Oreste Biancoli (1939)
Boccaccio, directed by Marcello Albani (1940)
Le sorprese del vagone letto, directed by Gian Paolo Rosmino (1940)
Capitan Fracassa, directed by Duilio Coletti (1940), doppiata da Tina Lattanzi
Manovre d'amore, directed by Gennaro Righelli (1940)
Addio giovinezza!, directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli (1940)
Caravaggio pittore maledetto, directed by Goffredo Alessandrini (1941)
Il re del circo, directed by Hans Hinrich (1941)
I mariti - Tempesta d'amore, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1941)
La cena delle beffe, directed by Alessandro Blasetti (1941)
Luce nelle tenebre, directed by Mario Mattoli (1941)
L'avventuriera del piano di sopra, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo (1941)
I pirati della Malesia, directed by Enrico Guazzoni (1941)
Brivido, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo (1941)
La guardia del corpo, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1942)
La regina di Navarra, directed by Carmine Gallone (1942)
Le vie del cuore, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1942)
Ossessione, directed by Luchino Visconti (1943)
Una piccola moglie, directed by Giorgio Bianchi (1943)
Addio amore!, directed by Gianni Franciolini (1943)
Enrico IV, directed by Giorgio Pàstina (1943)
Sorelle Materassi, directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli (1944)
Due lettere anonime, directed by Mario Camerini (1945)
La resa di Titì, directed by Giorgio Bianchi (1945)
Il mondo vuole così, directed by Giorgio Bianchi (1946)
L'adultera, directed by Duilio Coletti (1946)
Il tiranno di Padova, directed by Max Neufeld (1946)
Ultimo amore, directed by Luigi Chiarini (1947)
Amanti senza amore, directed by Gianni Franciolini (1947), doppiata da Lydia Simoneschi
Quando gli angeli dormono, directed by Gilberto Gascon (1947)
Vespro siciliano, directed by Giorgio Pàstina (1949)
Romanticismo, directed by Clemente Fracassi (1951)
Il moschettiere fantasma, directed by Max Calandri (1952)
Carne inquieta, directed by Silvestro Prestifilippo (1952)
Le notti bianche, directed by Luchino Visconti (1957)
Afrodite, dea dell'amore, directed by Mario Bonnard (1958)
Tom Jones (1960, TV series)
Le streghe, directed by Luchino Visconti (1967)
La peccatrice, directed by Pier Luigi Pavoni (1975)
Profondo rosso, directed by Dario Argento (1975)
Italian Female Actresses
Italian Female Actresses
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Italian Female Actresses
Italian Female Actresses
Italian Female Actresses
Italian Female Actresses
Italian Female Actresses
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