Alba Arnova
Alba Arnova (born March 15, 1930 in Buenos Aires as Alba Fossati , † March 11, 2018 in Rome ) was an Italian ballerina and film actress .
life and career
Alba Arnova is the daughter of two Italian emigrants . She studied piano at the conservatory and enrolled in the university's medical school. She was the first classical dancer in many important productions by Garinei and Giovannini at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and changed her surname first to Ars Nova and then to Arnova . She left Argentina in 1948 for a six-month stage tour and finally stayed in Rome, where she first worked as a classical dancer and revue, but also as a soubrette in spoken theater.
Arnova began a film career in 1949 with her first supporting roles in films. In 1956, she caused controversy when she appeared on the RAI television show La piazzetta in tight pink tights that made her appear half-naked because of the lighting effects and the black and white system. The show was canceled and Arnova was banned from Italian television in the end. She then decided to leave show business.
Arnova was married to the composer and conductor Gianni Ferrio .
Filmography
- 1949: Only you are my dream (Al diavolo la celebrità) - directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno
- 1950: La strada buia - directed by Sidney Salkow and Marino Girolami
- 1950: La cintura di castità - Director: Camillo Mastrocinque
- 1951: The Miracle of Milan (Miracolo a Milano)
- 1951: Totòtarzan - Director: Mario Mattòli
- 1951: Arrivano i nostri - Director: Mario Mattoli
- 1951: OK Nero (OK Nerone)
- 1952: Other times (Altri tempi) - Director: Alessandro Blasetti
- 1953: Finalmente libero - Director: Mario Amendola
- 1953: Amarti è il mio peccato - Director: Sergio Grieco
- 1953: Aida (Aida) - Director: Clemente Fracassi
- 1953: La mia vita è tua - Director: Giuseppe Masini
- 1953: La Gioconda - Director: Giacinto Solito
- 1954: Amori di mezzo secolo - Director: Mario Chiari
- 1954: One Hundred Years of Love (Cento anni d'amore) - directed by Lionello De Felice
- 1954: Rosso e nero - Director: Domenico Paolella
- 1954: Addio mia bella signora - directed by Fernando Cerchio
- 1954: La signora dalle camelie - Directed by Raymond Bernard
- 1954: Una donna prega - Director: Anton Giulio Majano
- 1954: Tempi nostri - Director: Alessandro Blasetti
- 1954: L'amante di Paride - Director: Marc Allègret
- 1955: The Barber of Seville (Figaro ´Il barbiere di Siviglia`) - Director: Camillo Mastrocinque
- 1955: I pinguini ci guardano - Director: Guido Leoni
- 1955: Il motivo in maschera - Director: Stefano Canzio
- 1955: La ribalta dei sogni - Director: Ernesto Araciba
- 1957: Clorinda, the Saraceness (La Gerusalemme liberata) - Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
- 1959: The greatest show of the night (Europa di notte) - Director: Alessandro Blasetti
literature
- Le attrici. Gremese editore, Roma 2002.
- Il Radiocorriere.
Web links
- Alba Arnova in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Addio a Alba Arnova ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , musical.it, March 13, 2018 (Italian)
- ↑ Miriam Mafai, Natalia Aspesi: Le Donne Italiane: il chi è del 900's . Rizzoli, 1993 ,, ISBN 881784229X .
- ↑ a b Lello Garinei, Marco Giovannini: Garinei e Giovannini presentano: quarant'anni di teatro musicale all'italiana . Rizzoli, 1985,.
- ↑ Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, Encyclopedia of Television , Garzanti, Milano, 1996 - 2003.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arnova, Alba |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fossati, Alba (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian ballerina and film actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires , Argentina |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 2018 |
| Place of death | Rome |