Elsa Albani

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Elsa Albani (actually Elsa Lapini ; born January 1, 1921 in Genoa , † August 24, 2004 in Turin ) was an Italian actress .

Life

Albani first appeared professionally in her hometown in 1944 with the “Teatro Sperimentale Luigi Pirandello” (which later became the “Piccolo Teatro Duse”) after her first experience as a lay actress. A few years later she joined Laura Solari's troupe and was seen at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano in 1952/53 in the title role of Ferdinand Bruckner's Elisabeth von England , Gogols Der Revisor and Carlo Bertolazzi's Lulù , which, like other pieces, she appeared, were staged by Giorgio Strehler . One of her greatest successes was achieved by the tall, slim, warm-hearted and likeable actress in the role of “Madame Pace” in Luigi Pirandello's Six People Are Looking for an Author .

In April 1955 she belonged to the group of actors who founded the long-lived “Compagnia dei Giovani” with Gigi von Colette (they also included Giorgio De Lullo , Anna Maria Guarnieri and Rossella Falk ) and with whom she stayed until the mid-1960s successfully played again.

Only rarely did Albani accept offers for films and only at the end of her theater career; Among these few works, her interpretation of the mother of I sette fratelli Cervi from 1968 stands out; in the 1960s she was also seen a few times in a television episode in the series Il commissario De Vincenzi entitled Il mistero delle tre orchidee .

From 1946 until his death in 1993, she was married to fellow actor Ferruccio De Ceresa .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1959: The Nun's Story
  • 1976: Per amore

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roberto Poppi: Article Elsa Albani, in: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici. Gremese 2003, pp. 8/9
personal data
SURNAME Albani, Elsa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lapini, Elsa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 2004
Place of death Turin