Elsa De Giorgi
Elsa De Giorgi (actually Elsa Giorgi Alberti , born December 26, 1914 in Pesaro , † September 12, 1997 in Rome ) was an Italian actress , writer and film director .
Life
De Giorgi played the young, sensitive, romantic lover in a few films in the 1930s and 1940s. Since the not very tall, pretty blonde woman was committed to this type of role, she devoted herself primarily to her theater roles, where she celebrated success in numerous classics. Through her personal friendship with Pier Paolo Pasolini , she found her way back to the screen in the mid-1970s and directed two unsuccessful films. In 1992 she played one last screen role alongside Alberto Sordi .
From the mid-1950s De Giorgi devoted himself to writing and published regularly; She had a special relationship with the writer Italo Calvino , which found its way into both works.
Filmography (selection)
actress
- 1933: T'amerò semper
- 1939: Act without witnesses (Il fornaretto di Venezia)
- 1975: The 120 days of Sodom (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma)
- 1992: Assolto per aver commesso il fatto
Director
- 1975: Sangue più sangue = Logos passione (also screenplay and actress)
- 1976: Le cortigiana
Web links
- Elsa De Giorgi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- De Giorgi at mymovies
- Note on the occasion of her death
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi, Gremese 2002, pp. 140/141
- ↑ http://www.arlindo-correia.org/100105.html
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SURNAME | De Giorgi, Elsa |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giorgi Alberti, Elsa |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actress, writer and film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pesaro , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1997 |
Place of death | Rome , Italy |