Dhia Cristiani

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Dhia Cristiani (born June 27, 1921 in Dovadola , † July 17, 1977 in Rome ) was an Italian actress and voice actress .

Life

Cristiani attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and received her diploma in 1938. Her film debut soon followed in a secondary role of Ettore Fieramosca , which was followed by similar others, so that her potential was not reached and a breakthrough as a star failed to materialize. From 1941 she received interesting offers from directors such as Ferdinando Maria Poggioli , Luigi Chiarini and Luchino Visconti . The latter in particular offered her a role in obsession , which she performed calmly and gracefully. Since there were no other major offers, Cristiani devoted herself exclusively to dubbing from the following year (the only exception was a melodrama in 1954, in which she returned to the screen), in which field she was able to establish herself as a sought-after voice. She let the great Hollywood female stars of the 1940s and 1950s speak Italian: Linda Darnell , Virginia Mayo , Dorothy McGuire , Anne Baxter , Betty Grable , Rhonda Fleming , Donna Reed, and Joan Collins . She also dubbed Italian actresses such as Gina Lollobrigida in her early days, Marina Berti , Gianna Maria Canale and many more. She was also the standard voice for foreign protagonists in Italian productions. The "s" of Emilia-Romagna was characteristic of their way of speaking .

In the years immediately following World War II, Cristiani had also acted in theater when she starred alongside Lola Pagnani , Rossano Brazzi , Valentina Cortese and Carlo Ninchi in Strange Interlude and The Unloved .

Cristiani was married to Giuseppe Ventimiglia .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1938: Ettore Fieramosca
  • 1939: Alarm in the department store (I grandi magazzini)
  • 1940: Waltz of a Night (Una romantica avventura)
  • 1943: Obsession (Ossessione)
  • 1955: Tua per la vita

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of Cristiani's synchronized work
  2. ↑ Enrico Lancia, article Dhia Cristiani , in: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario des Cinema Italiano. Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, Rome 1999. pp. 89/90
personal data
SURNAME Cristiani, Dhia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actress and voice actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Dovadola
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 1977
Place of death Rome