Emma Gramatica
Emma Gramatica (born October 25, 1874 in Borgo San Donnino , today Fidenza , † November 8, 1965 in Lido di Ostia ) was an Italian actress .
Life
Gramatica's great passion was the theater, where she enjoyed great success. At an early age, she had toured Russia and the USA alongside Eleonora Duse . Then she belonged to the formative ensembles of the late 19th century around Ermete Zacconi , Flavio Andò , Enrico Reinach and Ermete Novelli . With her own company she performed romantic and realistic plays and was known for staging plays by George Bernard Shaw . European tours followed.
The sister of the actress Irma Gramatica made her film debut in 1916. From the beginning of the 1930s she played in a number of successful film dramas, the climax of which she celebrated with The Miracle of Milan in 1951 . In 1954 she directed the film Peppino e la nobile dama as co-director of Piero Ballerini . In the 1930s she was also active in the radio productions that were popular at the time.
Gramatica was one of the most famous and popular actresses of her generation.
Filmography (selection)
- 1916: Quando il canto si spegne
- 1937: Marcella
- 1941: mother (mamma)
- 1941: Tragedy of a Love (Vertigine)
- 1951: The Miracle of Milan (Miracolo a Milano)
- 1961: Reverend Don Camillo (Don Camillo monsignore… ma non troppo)
literature
- Emma Grammatica , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 07/1966 of February 7, 1966, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Emma Gramatica in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrice. Rome 2003, p. 171f.
- ↑ Gramatica at mymovies
- ^ Roberto Poppi: I registi dal 1930 ai nostri giorni, Gremese 2002, p. 216f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gramatica, Emma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fidenza , Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1965 |
| Place of death | Lido di Ostia , Lazio, Italy |