Clara Colosimo

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Clara Colosimo (born May 23, 1922 in Conegliano , † June 15, 1994 in Rome ) was an Italian actress .

Life

Colosimo studied opera singing in the mezzo-soprano range, but then played theater. At the beginning of the 1960s she went to Rome for a theater engagement, but also played steadily for the film industry until the end of her career. She was particularly in demand for comedies and was hired by important directors such as Pietro Germi , Federico Fellini and Bernardo Bertolucci , and played alongside Renato Pozzetto and Dustin Hoffman .

Between 1968 and her last film, Atto di dolore , her filmography includes 65 entries. Colosimo was praised for her characterizations of important minor characters, which she portrayed with warmth and culture. On the stage, parade roles as governess in Eugène Ionesco's The Lesson for the "Teatro d'Avanguardia" in Trieste are cited as well as the mother of Carla Gravina in Alfredo, Alfredo 1972, the valet of the Nietzsche family in Beyond Good and Evil 1977, Christian Borromeo's grandmother, who succeeds in The Sexbomber with the oversized genius of her grandson as a puffmother or the grotesque figure of the billionaire with the desire for proof of love in Montecarlo Gran Casino 1987. Occasional television engagements round off her career.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici. Gremese 2003, pp. 82/83
personal data
SURNAME Colosimo, Clara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Conegliano
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1994
Place of death Rome