Gianna Maria Canale

Gianna Maria Canale (born September 12, 1927 in Reggio Calabria , † February 13, 2009 in Florence ) was an Italian film actress .

Life

Canale worked as a Florentine stenographer until she took part in the Miss Italia election as Miss Calabria in 1947 . At this point she had already appeared in two extras. Canale took second place in this election. This placement gave her greater fame, which led to a second engagement by the director Riccardo Freda . While filming The Mysterious Chevalier , the two began an affair. Shortly afterwards they went to Brazil together, presumably due to the fact that Freda was still married at the time. Two films were made during her stay in Brazil. In the course of her twenty-year career, Canale made a total of thirteen films with Freda, whom she also married after his divorce.

Although Canale made mostly adventure and period films, her roles outside of these genres receive the most attention. Her part in the comedy Totò le Mokò and her appearance in the horror film The Vampire of Notre-Dame from 1956 are noteworthy . One of her most famous roles was that of Silvia Alberti in Vittorio de Sica's film Il boom , in which Alberto Sordi is her film partner. Her filmography, which begins in the second half of the forties and ends in the first half of the sixties, includes Italian, seven French and four English-language productions. The latter attest to their failed attempts to make a name for themselves in the USA (1951) and in the United Kingdom (1958–1960). When she was forced to look for character roles at an advanced age, she preferred to leave the film business. This decision becomes understandable in view of the fact that it is above all her attractive appearance and excellent photogenicity that is mentioned in articles about her.

Gianna Maria Canale died on February 13, 2009 in Florence at the age of 81.

Filmography

• 1946: Rigoletto , directed by Carmine Gallone
• 1946: Black Eagle ( Aquila nera ), directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1948: The mysterious Chevalier ( Il cavaliere misterioso ), directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1948: Guarany , directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1949: O caçula do Barulho , directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1949: Totò le Moko , directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
• 1949: Il conte Ugolino , directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1949: Il bacio di una morta , directed by Guido Brignone
• 1949: Monk and Musketeer ( Il figlio di d'Artagnan ), directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1951: The Revenge of the Black Eagle ( La vendetta di Aquila nera ), directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1951: Vedi Napoli e poi muori , directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1951: Il tradimento , directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1951: Go for Broke! , Directed by Robert Pirosh
• 1952: La leggenda del Piave , directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1952: Chains of Passion (L'eterna catena) , directed by Anton Giulio Majano
• 1953: Spartacus, the rebel of Rome (Spartaco) , directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1953: Alerte au sud , directed by Jean Devaivre
• 1954: Conspiracy in Algiers (Dramma nella Kasbah) , directed by Edoardo Anton , Ray Enright
• 1954: L'ombra , directed by Giorgio Bianchi
• 1954: Theodora, Empress of Byzantium ( Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio ), directed by Riccardo Freda
• 1954: Madame Dubarry (Madame du Barry)
• 1955: Donne sole , directed by Vittorio Sala
• 1955: Il coraggio , directed by Domenico Paolella
• 1955: Napoléon (Napoléon)
• 1956: The ruler of Lebanon (La châtelaine du Liban) , directed by Richard Pottier
• 1956: The Slaves of Carthage (Le schiave di Cartagine) , directed by Guido Brignone
• 1956: The Vampire of Notre Dame (I vampiri)
• 1957: The Corsair of the Red Crescent (Il corsaro della mezzaluna) , directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese
• 1957: Clorinda, the Saraceness (La Gerusalemme liberata) , directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
• 1957: The Incredible Adventures of Hercules (Le fatiche di Ercole)
• 1958: uprising of the gladiators (La rivolta dei gladiatori)
• 1958: Midnight Visit ( The Whole Truth ), directed by Dan Cohen , John Guillermin
• 1958: Froschmann Crabb (The Silent Enemy)
• 1959: Musketeers of the Devil (I cavalieri del diavolo) , directed by Siro Marcellini
• 1959: Battle of Babylon (Il conquistatore d'Oriente) , directed by Tanio Boccia
• 1960: Arms for San Salvador (Gli avventurieri dei tropici)
• 1960: Rasputin, the demon of Petersburg (L'ultimo tsar)
• 1960: The Treasure of Monte Cristo , directed by Robert S. Baker , Monty Berman
• 1960: Venus of the Pirates (La Venere dei pirati) , directed by Mario Costa
• 1960: Ursus in the realm of the Amazons (La regina delle Amazzoni)
• 1961: Maciste 's greatest adventure (Maciste contro il vampiro)
• 1961: The Conquerors of Corinth ( Il conquistatore di Corinto ), directed by Mario Costa
• 1962: The Scarlet Musketeer (Le Chevalier de Pardaillan)
• 1962: The Son of Spartacus (Il figlio di Spartacus) , directed by Sergio Corbucci
• 1963: The Lion of San Marco (Il Leone di San Marco) , directed by Luigi Capuano
• 1963: The Tiger of the Seas (La tigre dei sette mari) , directed by Luigi Capuano
• 1963: Il boom , directed by Vittorio De Sica
• 1963: The Secret of Scaramouche (La máscara de Scaramouche)
• 1964: Il treno del sabato , directed by Vittorio Sala
• 1964: The Avenger of Venice (Il ponte dei sospiri) , directed by Carlo Campogalliani , Piero Pierotti

Web links

Commons : Gianna Maria Canale  - Collection of Images

• Gianna Maria Canale in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Gianna Maria Canale at mymovies (Italian)
• Gianna Maria Canale in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ^ [1] Alessandra Longo, Belle senz'anima fra lacrime e sogni, La repubblica, August 29, 1989.
2. ↑ [2] Ibid.
3. ↑ [3] biography at mymovies.
4. ↑ Enrico Lancia, Gianna Maria Canale, in: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (ed.), Dizionario del cinema italiano, Vol. 2: Le attrici dal 1930 ai nostri giorni, Gremese Editore, Rom 2003, p. 60.