Marga Cella
Marga Cella (actually Margherita Vassallo Cella, contessa di Rivara ; born November 12, 1893 in Milan , † January 6, 1964 in Bologna ) was an Italian actress .
Life
Cella learned acting from Teresa Boeti-Valvassura and got her first engagement with Giuseppe Sichel and soon switched to Antonio Gandusio , where she attracted attention as a "comic actress". Numerous other ensemble positions followed: in 1921 she led her own with Ugo Farulli , 1922/1923 with Aristide Baghetti (where antics were performed), 1924 with Cella / Firpo / Mario Gallina , 1925 as Cella / Luigi Zoncada / Ruggero Capodaglio , the following year with Mario Gallina again. In 1927 she performed with the “Nuovo” troupe in Naples, and in 1929/1930 again alongside Gallina.
In 1931 Cella worked again with Ruggero Capodaglio and after a short time with Tatiana Pavlova retired from acting. She could only be seen again after the Second World War, when she became a member of the "Compagnia del Ridotto"; with the Florence group under Luchino Visconti she starred in Jean Anouilh's Eurydice and the Italian premiere of Howard Lindsay's Life with Father , the following year in the director's version of William Shakespeare's As You Like It . This was followed by positions at the Roman "Teatro dei Satiri" and "Goldoni". She also belonged to the “Compagnia di Prosa” of Radio Firenze .
The Italian film production could do little with the posh, situated actress. After two silent films in 1922 and a supporting role ten years later, she played character roles in about a dozen films from 1949.
Filmography (selection)
- 1922: Amore nel laccio
- 1950: One was too many (Atto di accusa)
- 1950: The husband of the gods (Prima comunione)
- 1954: It's a shame you're a rascal (Peccato che sia una canaglia)
- 1955: Luna nova
Web links
- Marga Cella in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Chiti, Article Marga Cella , in: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario des Cinema Italiano. Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, Rome 1999. p. 76
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cella, Marga |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vassallo Cella, contessa di Rivara, Margherita |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1964 |
| Place of death | Bologna |